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Chef Larry's Exciting Suet Recipes

With all recipes, place dry ingredients in bowl, stir in melted suet, let cool and set, cut into chunks to fit in wire basket feeders or crumble onto a platform feeder.

Larry's Favorite (Who eats it, Larry or the birds?)

Peanut Butter Suet Mixture

1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1-2 cups melted suet
2 cups yellow corn meal
1 cup cracked corn
chopped dry fruit

You can add sand and/or ground egg shells for grit, if desired.

Basic Bird Cakes

2 cups melted suet
2 cups peanut butter
12 cups yellow corn meal

Miracle Meal

1 cup melted suet or melted lard
4 cups yellow corn meal
1 teaspoon corn oil
1 cup all-purpose flour
chopped dried fruit or quick oats as desired

Birdie Granola

1/2 cup chopped, rendered suet
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
1 cup mixed bird seed

Combine first four ingredients and press into a pan; freeze until firm enough to crumble and then combine the crumbled pieces, store in one-cup portions in your in your freezer (but tell your family to avoid accidents!).

For The Squirrels - Squirrel Dough

1 part chunky peanut butter
1 part dried, chopped fruit
1 part shortening
4 parts coarse cornmeal

Mix the ingredients together to form a dough; slice the dough into chunks and slather it onto pinecones or directly onto tree bark. Keep unused portion refrigerated.

Any questions about making suet can be addressed to Chef Larry Robinson at 658-2918.