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Bird Suet Feeding Balls Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup melted beef fat (suet)
1 tsp corn oil
4 cups yellow cornmeal
1 cup flour
Optional:
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/4 cup raisins or dried cherries
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup bird seed
Directions:
Directions:
Mix ingredients into melted beef fat when not too hot but before it cools.
Form into baseball sized balls and freeze. Adjust mixture with additional corn meal as necessary to form a ball by hand. Not too dry. Mixture will freeze anyway.

One at a time place 1 frozen ball of bird food into a fishnet onion bag, tie it shut and hang it in a tree using 2 to 3 ft of fishing line to prevent squirrels from getting it.

Keep remaining balls frozen until time to use.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
1000 birds
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Best if used in winter months only as the ball and beef fat will melt in heat of summer.

 

 

 

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