I find myself wanting to feed everything, and in the winter especially. I love to cook for anyone or anything that eats enthusiastically. The local birds here in Wales qualify.
I make home made suet with nuts and fruits in it..here is how I go about making it ...
I use lard to start with. I choose to not melt it as some people do..I let it come to room temperature and then cut it up into smaller chunks and toss it into my mixers bowl..Here I am using 2 lbs of lard..
I like to add in peanut butter, it does not matter whether it is smooth or crunchy..I added about a half cup here.
I most usually will add currents..but my currants were hiding so I chopped up some other dried fruits..right around a cup of what ever dried fruit is fine, but the birds here to seem to favor currents..
It is easier to use my hand blender so here I have dumped my dried fruits into my blenders bowl..if I had found my currents, I would have tossed them in with out chopping them.
My little work horse hand blender..
Very good..chopped nicely..
I added about 3/4 cup of sugar..Birds love and need some sugar.. :o)
About a cup of chipped or chopped nuts of some sort is good..
I saw my friend Betty in Virginia using clothes pins for fastening her plastic bags...love it..lol
Some birds really like meal worms..so I add them as well..
ok..ready to mix...I like to use this hook..the whip can do it..but not as well as this hook.
I always need to scrape down the sides 2 or 3 times..
When it looks well mixed...take a big spoon and scoop out about a half cup or so..
Roll it in the palm of your hand..
Plop it into a tube like this for suet balls..
Keep plopping them in until they are full..I have 3 tubes like this..but my recipe today only filled 2 of them..
I like to wrap them in a bit of parchment paper to protect them..
Then I put them in the freezer for an hour or so...
After the suet has set up a bit..I take it out and hang it on the feeder stand.. :o)
Then I come in and wait to take a picture... :o)
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