Birdseed Suet Cake

A great homestead creation making using of fat from a processed ruminent or pork. I will shortly follow-up with a more detailed post on animal fat but for now here's a quick recipes to keep your feathered wildlife fed this winter. ❄️🐦

1 cup lard or tallow

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup flour

1 cup cornmeal

2 cups birdseed

2 cup oats/barley

Melt one cup of peanut butter and 1 cup of lard over low heat. In a large bowl, mix 2 cups of quick oats, 2 cups of bird seed mix, one cup of cornmeal & 1 cup of flour. Stir melted ingredients into the dry mix. Once cool, press into parchment-lined trays or suet molds and refrigerate or freeze overnight. When hardened, cut into desired shape and store in cool dry place. Wrap in parchment for ease of handling.

Birdseed suet cakes in freezer overnight