You're very welcome! I'm glad you liked the recipe.
Liz
The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. ~George Bernard Shaw
Not unusual but works: 1/2 cp. lard 1/2 cp. peanut butter, backyard birdseed, sunflower seed, sm pcs left over fruits and any cracker and bread scraps. left over nuts crunched up. I break up nuts and crackers with a rolling pin over stuffs inbetween two pcs. of wax paper, then mix all ingredients together well in a large bowl;pour into reused suet containers/molds previously bought from the store, . These fit the suet holders so much better, and they can bee reused several times if you are careful with them. I then freeze them make solid overnight, pop them out into a storage container. I also refridgerate them if I have enough to make more then I need right away. My birds really go after them. We have many downey woodpeckers, and some large wood hens, everyone enjoys!
Liltreetop:
Well, my local Walmart doesn't carry lard, but they suggested I go to a Super Walmart! So I will keep trying to find some.
Most any supermarket carries lard in the section where the butter, oleo, cheese is in the dairy case. Some people buy suet in the meat case and melt it down and add stuff to it, or you can just leave suet as it is and put it in a container outdoors. Helps keep them warm in very cold weather.
Let every day be a good day!
For the holidays I take my bacon fat, oats, nuts and berries and mix and spoon into an old ice tray. Then I place a piece of fishing line and lay it in. When it dries this will be the hanger. I put mini lights and the Christmas eggs on a bush and you have a Christmas for the birds. You can tie red ribbons on the line or on the tree, I have even cut up cherries and used them as a decoration on the top before freezing.
Sure looks pretty in a snowstorm.
Janis
My daughter found some lard for me at a Super Walmart over the state line in Pennsylvania, so I should have enough to last the winter. I made up a big batch of the stuff (enough to fill 8 suet cake containers) and froze them. I put one out a week or so ago (the weather is just turning cold here where I live in Maryland), and the downy woodpeckers love it.
Pegdunn, glad you were able to get some lard from your daughter. You should have plenty and suet is good when it turns wintry with blowing cold. And, no doubt it will come.
I am over the PA state line 10 miles into NYS on the northern end of the PA. I see a lot of PA cars in our town here; some grocery shop here I think as it is only 10 miles from NY.
what a good idea. Adding cherries both green and red would be good and really show up when it snows i will defintely being trying that one this winter.
ok I tried Janis' recipe for the suet cakes twice now. The first time I followed it to a tea. The second time I had some of those packets of honey and jelly you get from the restuarant . . they were kinda old but I thought what the heck. The birds love it!! I have already gone thru 6 suet cakes and I'll have to make more Thanksgiving weekend!!
Thanks Janis! Now I think I'll try her other idea !!!
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