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on 11/22/2005 I've had terrific luck attracting birds to my yard with this suet recipe. Melt together 1.5 cups of crunchy peanut butter (Note: the birds don't mind at all if you use the cheap store brand!) and 1 cup of shortening or lard. To the melted mixture, add 2 cups of plain cornmeal and 2 cups of flour. Now comes the fun part. You can leave the mixture as it is, or toss in birdseed, dried fruits, old cereal, oatmeal, etc. Place it in a suet feeder or scrape onto pine cones. This suet is great because it doesn't melt on the hottest days, and any leftover can be frozen until it's needed.
on 11/22/2005 Instead of boiling down suet, just save extra fat from cooking ground beef etc. & refrigerate to prevent spoiling. Use 1/2 c. fat & microwave until liquid, then mix with 1/3 c. peanut butter & add 1/2 c. bird seed. Chill in butter tub & hang outside.
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