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Index of Subjects The log feeders make nice Christmas gifts, especially pretty if white birch is used. After boring the holes for suet mix, you can add a couple of perches made from bamboo skewers. The suet mixture can be frozen in 500 ml tubs and given along with the recipe. A project like this is great for grandchildren and encourages young birders. I like the recycling aspects too. Gloria On Thursday, December 8, 2011 7:48 PM, Bob McDonald <bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote: > Hi All, > > Here's my offering to the birds during winter (not really a recipe since no > measurements are made!): > > We have made friends with the butcher at the local Sobey's store and he will > give us beef fat trimmings at no charge (I've heard that some places > actually charge for this stuff!). We have to arrive just after lunch since > they throw it all out around mid-afternoon. > I chop it up into small chunks and heat at full power in the microwave for 5 > min. I pour off any liquid generated and repeat the procedure until little > additional oil is produced. By this time, it's a bit smelly and so I put > the residue into the garage. > I collect the oil in a large plastic container (1-2 L size) and toss in a > few spoonfuls each of peanut butter (organic or not; the birds don't seem to > care), corn meal, sunflower or other seeds, oatmeal and millet. I put the > mixture out into the garage to cool and stir it up once in a while to make > it as homogeneous as possible. When solid, it has to be stored in the > fridge or it will go off. > I have half a dozen logs into which I've bored a number of 1 inch holes > about 1-1.5 inch deep. I fill the holes with the mixture and hang them up > at various spots in the yard. Of course, woodpeckers and nuthatches are > particularly attracted by this mix but chickadees and the occasional > overwintering warbler (Pine, Orange-crowned or Yellow-rumped) will also > partake. > Before the mixture has solidified, it can also be used to fill the plastic > containers that the commercial bird suet mixtures come in. > Hope this helps. > > Bob McDonald, > Halifax > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: "Naturelist" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 10:44 AM > Subject: [NatureNS] Homemade Suet Cake Recipes > > > > Hello All, > > > > I have misplaced the homemade suet cake recipes that I had, that folks > > have shared on this list from previous years. > > > > Was wondering if there are some who wouldn't mind sharing these recipes > > again and the most successful ways they have found to offer the suet. > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Gayle MacLean > > Dartmouth >
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