Best Squirrel It Away Suet Feeder Food Recipes
NO-MELT SUET (FOR BIRDS)
Don't put suet out in high summer temperatures, it can spoil and melt, coating feathers. This is a tried and true suet recipe that I found in Birds and Blooms Extra, contributed by Virginia Barnard. She explains that it works very well in Oklahoma's high summer temperatures. We live in Wisconsin, where it obviously isn't quite as hot, but it has held up here, even in direct sun. The squirrels like it too, but now that we're offering other food for them, a little ways away, they aren't bothering it as much as they were at first. The recipe is written for lard, but I used saved bacon grease and it has worked fine. The next time I make it, I'm going to experiment with less or none of the sugar, as it doesn't seem necessary. But, I guess maybe the birds could have a little sweet tooth, too! Note: yield is approximate. I doubled the batch last time I made it, and filled 2 quart ziplock containers after putting some in a feeder, so I'm not exactly sure how much I started out with.
Provided by SrtaMaestra
Categories < 15 Mins
Time 10m
Yield 5 cups
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Melt the lard and peanut butter together, either on the stove or in the microwave.
- Combine all of the dry ingredients.
- Add the dry ingredients to the melted fats.
- The original recipe suggests pouring into a square pan about 2 inches deep, or spreading onto tree limbs. I just put it into ziplock containers and scoop it out as needed to fill a screen type of feeder (See photos). I use my cookie scoop to take it out, but then mash and break up the scoops, because otherwise the squirrels can come and take a whole scoop at once, way too easily! I don't know if it would hold up well in cake form, as I haven't tried that, but it defintely doesn't melt or make a gloppy mess.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 973.7, Fat 70.7, SaturatedFat 20.9, Cholesterol 39.2, Sodium 331.7, Carbohydrate 70.6, Fiber 11, Sugar 5, Protein 20.6
"SQUIRREL IT AWAY" SUET FEEDER FOOD
For this recipe you will need a 3 cup bowl or larger, a square suet feeder, and a square sandwitch tupperware container. I save all my Bacon grease in baggies and freeze them (all summer) for winter use. then when winter comes I make this treat for the squirrels.
Provided by Stormy Stewart @karlyn255
Categories For Pets
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- In a bowl melt the contents of the bacon grease baggie. Mix well with peanut butter. To that add a the combo of any nuts, seeds, ect and mix well
- Then put in a square sandwitch tupperware container, press down so it is solid. Put the top on and freeze for use in a square bird feeder. I only do that in the winter months here when the weather is cold and the bacon grease won't turn. But it is usually gone the same day. Birds would love it too but they never get a chance
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