Very glad to see that people know not to use vegetable shortening. And read your peanut butter labels because nowadays they're putting some really bad stuff in peanut butter I use all natural.
@MoMo BaBa - using up beef suet is another way to utilize the whole animal more sustainably than throwing it out and only utilizing muscle meat. organs are nutrient dense for humans, bones and connective tissue is great for bone broth to be sipped on its own or used as a base for soups, and rendered fat can nourish wild birds. animal fats are much healthier than highly processed, rancid vegetable oils. the entire conversation about fat at the beginning of this video is super uninformed and outdated.
Unfortunately, many of the least expensivei peanutbutters aren't fully made of peanuts. Some may be made from peanut mash mixed with inferior oils as some companies separate, & then sell.the peanut oil for cooking. I've bought real suet & then put in into the metal holder. I've also saved the plastic forms after I've loaded in tje purchased "suet" cakes. That way when I rend some real suet into a liquid, I can mix in cracked corn & black oil sunflower seeds, plus some whole oatmeal You may be able to add in some nutritious seeds & chopped nuts that grow in your area!
It’s not just about the birds nutrition they need it for covering their feathers and staying warm. So don’t say it’s not good for anything because it is. You’re very negative. They’re just showing you how to make a block,out what you want in it. If you don’t like theirs then make a different video but don’t criticize those for helping
@@miwarrior060709 "Vegetable" shortening is full of trans-fats. Vegetable shortening is not made from vegetables, it's made from seed oils. The FDA took all trans fats off the market. It can't be good for you. It's not being negative, it's just presenting a fact to you that you might not be aware of.
Great video ,,, I made up this recipe and I have to say it was a big hit at Thanksgiving dinner , although Grandma did say the Oats were sticking in her dentures .
I’ve made many different recipes, all of which my birds love. I support 9 widely spaced suet feeders. I always use dried mealworms, and also a little bit of good quality small kibble dog food. I also use a little cracked corn or coarse-ground corn meal, good bird seed mix, raisins, etc. The sky’s the limit! Go crazy! Oh yeah……don’t forget to add a dash of salt!
@@cornbread2u2I have used cat food too. I think both are ok if you buy high quality food. Cat food has more protein of course. I’ve included stale corn chips, corn tortillas, frozen meats, chicken scraps, etc. chipped apples, dog biscuits (ground).
You got it! If you find that they don’t like it, don’t feed it! Any meat that I’ve served, is gobbled up by my woodpeckers. The exception being chicken skin. I’ve observed that they peck around it until there’s nothing left! But that’s ok! You just change your recipe, and feed the chicken skins to the crows! They’ll love you for it!
I use nurses disposable gloves to mix everything by hand- lol I also get my peanut butter done fresh from a machine at my Bulk store (no sugar or salt) I added dried mealworms, chopped up peanut pieces and hulled sunflower. Thanks for the recipe - hard to keep the squirrels away
I just skimmed through this but did they mention using unsalted ingredients? The mealworms are a bonus ingredient but I agree with others that animal fat is probably better for wildlife than hydrogenated vegetable fat that humans shouldn't even eat.
hI Amanda! I can't believe I found you, and it's lovely to see you here. I'm margaret from wcs days in O. rememberring all I learned and how much I enjoyed those days. Hope all is well with you and yours. merry christmas 2023, thank you for the suet recipe.
Save a lot of time and cleaning by melting the fat on a very low heat to dissolve it and then add in the crunchy peanut butter and stir the two together.
It’s evident you have big hearts ♥️ and care for our feathered friends. When preparing seed cakes/suet cakes, one needs to be very cautious with the ingredients. In reality birds do not eat fat per say. Seeds contain a certain type of oil. One should only add ingredients in a raw state. Fresh ground peanut butter, the natural fat is good for energy. Birds are foragers by nature. Ingredients that have been processed, beyond de hulling, cracked or ground. Wouldn’t be healthy for them.
When adding sticky ingredients, grease or oil the measuring instrument then the sticky slides right out. Works well for syrup, peanut butter, molasses, those types of sticky ingredients.
You overlap and line the pan with 2 sheets of parchment paper. Then you can just lift out the suet with the parchment paper easily. One year the Robins came early I found out they love raisins so I keep them on hand in the spring.
Many birders and university experts say no no no vegetable shortening (harmful ingredients) or bacon fat (nitrates). Easier to melt fats together then add mixed dry ingredients to fats by hand. Less cleanup.
Thank you. Have been wanting to make something extra for all the different birds we have here. They feed on the grain hay and alfa in the barn. Pluse we have plenty of trees here for then to stay in. Kind of like a bird nest city complex for them. God bless
Man you two could pass for sisters. The way you do it is fine except I prefer to mix all the dry ingredients by hand first and then I melt the peanut butter in the fat separately then add it in and remix.
I buy suet from the butcher and cut it to fit in a suet feeder. The birds love it. I buy unsalted peanuts and chop them into small pieces. I buy cracked corn from the feed store. Then I mix both in with black oil sunflower seeds and fill the feeders. Much easier and more healthy for the birds than what you gals are doing. Just saying. 😇🇺🇸
As others stated, DO NOT Use Vegetable Shortening. You really should use Lard/Meat Fat. Just Heat to render the lard for mixing & shaping. One more Is DO NOT Use Any Ol’ Cheap Peanut Butter. Along w/other chemicals like added Hydrogenated oils, make sure it Does Not Contain the Chemical Sweetner- XYLITOL!! Ideally It’s Best to use Organic or make your own peanut butter😋
I found out that the organic peanut butter from Costco is cheaper than Smuckers at Walmart , just larger containers. Has no sugar or sweeteners or added vegetable shortening.
I make a mix similar to that, but omit the seed mix. Then I smear it on the bark of my trees, and they all come down, cling to the bark of the tree to eat it.
You gals go through a lot of trouble to prepare suet. I mix all ingredients and then take the bowl of suet out to the hanging suet container, take it down and just push it into the container. Some spills onto the ground for the Junko’s, nothing wasted. Total time is less than 10 minutes. It’s messier on the container but the birds eat it clean.
Smuckers is the only brand found in most stores that is peanuts only - no palm oil, sugar, etc. Even 'organic almond butters (for example) often are full of junk.
Most of our wild bird bills cannot chew up nuts. They are not hookbills. Make sure you mash any nuts you put in your suet in mush. Their bills are too tiny to break the pieces and they can choke. PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE stay away from hydrogenated vegetable oil and high fructose syrup in foods. It can kill birds. Too much beef fat will also kill them. It is a very, very small amount of rendered beef fat used in store bought suet. Just enough to say it is in there basically. Salt is also bad for birds. Please use organic ingredients. NO BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin food preservatives in ANYTHING you or your animals eat. Known carcinogens used as food preservatives. I'm sorry ladies but this video has a lot of bad information that could kill birds. Please don't teach erroneous information. I'm not trying to be mean, just trying to save birds and educate you and others who might take the time to read this. You can google any of this to confirm what I said.
How the hell did I end up watching this? Great video though. Some awesome birds have been hanging around my backyard, and it would be good to help sustain them through the winter.
@@jacquie1014 Our local farm store ( Rural King) has suet cakes for $5.99 for a box of 10 in about a dozen different flavors or individual suet cakes for $0.69 each.
I've tried several experiments, putting store bought suet next to my home made suet. They always finish the home made suet first. The store suet is almost like forcing them to eat food they don't like. It goes down so slowly
@@pershop4950 You are right. I usually keep a case of the cheap store bought suet cakes like the ones mentioned above 👆🏿 from Rural King 👑 as backups but they eat the homemade stuff up 3-4 xs as fast. The homemade stuff is like crack for birds.
Please DO NOT use shortening for man or beast (birds in this case). Use lard or animal fat, keep it naturally healthy,. You can get the fat you need from the butcher and melt it down for your recipe. The birds will thank you.
First let me say there is no wrong way to make suet just whatever you feel comfortable with. If I use an open cage like you have the starlings will bully their way and eat it so I have a starling deterant cage with a double suet in the middle . This allows small birds sparrow and downys to feed, but starlings are discouraged. I usually pick up 4 or 5 prepacked suet trays as I keep those trays as they are the perfect size for the mix. I use a roaster pan melt down about 3 cups of shortning along with the 4-5 suet packs. Melt that down then add in my peanut butter, oats, birdseed, and peanuts. I start with the 4 suet packs and finish out with 12 containers. I freeze these till needed they hold together no problem. My birds go wild over the mix.
Mom? Need a job? You finished that off like a concrete finisher. That little bent butter knife looks like a miniature trowel. You stuck the landing on that one!
Pork fat? I usually trim pork when it's got too much fat for me; certainly I can cook it down and use that, right? (I'm not talking about bacon lol😋 We use that for us🙄)
Audubon Society does have a vegetarian "suet" recipe on their site, using vegetable shortening. I was surprised. I agree wouldn't use peanut butter with sugar,salt, additives.
It has a lot of extra ingredients like sugar and eggs that might not be the best. I buy cracked dried corn and grind it with a food processor, or just buy store-brand plain cornmeal. For humans, I also usually only keep the mix on hand -- gotta love that Martha White! :-)
I have a question: I notice everyone saying; do NOT use vegetable shortening. What if you can't find animal shortening anywhere? What do you use instead?
Go to a meat department and ask for some of the fat they trim off and toss away. Most places just give it to you. 3-5 pounds. More or less depending on how much you want to make. Put it in a stock pot and melt down. (rendered down) it makes an oil that you then add your ingredients to. Put in the freezer and it sets up firm. I have even just put the chunks of fat in a suite feeder. The woodpeckers love it 😀 My dad was a butcher. I know 1st hand they don’t mind giving it away ☺️
I keep cakes out until about end of June. Lots of woodpeckers. Daddy plucks chunks out to take to Momma on nest and later on they bring the babies and teach them how to feed from the suet cage! By later summer there is plenty of natural food to forage. When cold weather returns I begin to put suet in the feeders again.
@@elsie3255 the idea is to keep the squirrels, too. Feeding them something easier and more nutritious will keep them off of the other stuff. Open a jar of cheap peanut butter and throw it in the yard. It won't freeze, and they have to eat it on the spot. No burying it. That usually solves the robbery situations.
NO NOT Vegetable shortening...full of crap additives ...use a decent quality coconut oil instead but beef or pork fat even better...Rendering animal fat could not be easier...I just did it for the first time and am going to do this from now on. Best to use seeds/nuts without the shells. Sunflower hearts are wonderful. Make this nutritious for them ...not just cheap and convenient.
do not follow the advice in this video ---- way too much processed stuff going into this suet mixture. never use vegetable fat, always use animal fat for bird feeding, and watch the additives- commercial peanut butter often has way too much sugar and salt.
The vegetable shortening is SO bad for them (and humans). Use actual beef and bacon fat--mine is grass fed, grass finished because that's what I eat. I throw some blueberries and shelled sunflower seeds in, too. But those are my only suggestions. Thanks for the great video!!
@@denisgauthier7999 Well, I should've mentioned that I only put a little bit of bacon fat in because yes, large amounts of salt can be toxic to them because it upsets their electrolyte balance. I put about a level teaspoon into the entire suet mixture but you certainly can leave it out altogether.
Wow! You didn't even have to tell us she is your daughter, you two look so much alike! Y'alls chin and over bite is the same, two pretty lady's doing a good thing,for mother nature! I love feeding the birds. Can you tell me how to make humming bird food please, alot of people say sugar water but that cant be healthy. If you have a better way plz explain! Thanks 😄
To all the people vilifying the use of vegetable shortening, do you know how lipids are metabolized? Do you think it will make the birds get heart disease?
Very glad to see that people know not to use vegetable shortening. And read your peanut butter labels because nowadays they're putting some really bad stuff in peanut butter I use all natural.
You can buy beef suet from your butcher, or get animal lard. Vegetable shortening isn't good for anything. It's definitely not good for birds.
@MoMo BaBa - using up beef suet is another way to utilize the whole animal more sustainably than throwing it out and only utilizing muscle meat. organs are nutrient dense for humans, bones and connective tissue is great for bone broth to be sipped on its own or used as a base for soups, and rendered fat can nourish wild birds. animal fats are much healthier than highly processed, rancid vegetable oils. the entire conversation about fat at the beginning of this video is super uninformed and outdated.
totally agree! 👏👏👏
Unfortunately, many of the least expensivei peanutbutters aren't fully made of peanuts. Some may be made from peanut mash mixed with inferior oils as some companies separate, & then sell.the peanut oil for cooking.
I've bought real suet & then put in into the metal holder. I've also saved the plastic forms after I've loaded in tje purchased "suet" cakes.
That way when I rend some real suet into a liquid, I can mix in cracked corn & black oil sunflower seeds, plus some whole oatmeal
You may be able to add in some nutritious seeds & chopped nuts that grow in your area!
It’s not just about the birds nutrition they need it for covering their feathers and staying warm. So don’t say it’s not good for anything because it is. You’re very negative. They’re just showing you how to make a block,out what you want in it. If you don’t like theirs then make a different video but don’t criticize those for helping
@@miwarrior060709 "Vegetable" shortening is full of trans-fats. Vegetable shortening is not made from vegetables, it's made from seed oils. The FDA took all trans fats off the market. It can't be good for you. It's not being negative, it's just presenting a fact to you that you might not be aware of.
Great video ,,, I made up this recipe and I have to say it was a big hit at Thanksgiving dinner , although Grandma did
say the Oats were sticking in her dentures .
Hahaha!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I’ve made many different recipes, all of which my birds love. I support 9 widely spaced suet feeders. I always use dried mealworms, and also a little bit of good quality small kibble dog food.
I also use a little cracked corn or coarse-ground corn meal, good bird seed mix, raisins, etc.
The sky’s the limit! Go crazy!
Oh yeah……don’t forget to add a dash of salt!
I use cat food. The birds swoop in and eat it out of their bowls so why not incorporate it in to the suet!
@@cornbread2u2I have used cat food too. I think both are ok if you buy high quality food.
Cat food has more protein of course.
I’ve included stale corn chips, corn tortillas, frozen meats, chicken scraps, etc. chipped apples, dog biscuits (ground).
@@uralbob1 I rendered the beef and pork fat down and added the cracklins to the mix! Love it, waste not want not right!
You got it! If you find that they don’t like it, don’t feed it!
Any meat that I’ve served, is gobbled up by my woodpeckers. The exception being chicken skin. I’ve observed that they peck around it until there’s nothing left!
But that’s ok! You just change your recipe, and feed the chicken skins to the crows! They’ll love you for it!
Cornell Labs says:
Do Not add vegetable shortening. It is made with hydrogenated vegetable oil.
What about lard from the meat shop
@@debslifesimplified6406 Lard or tallow/pork fat from butcher is recommended.
Only natural peanut butter, the other processed kinds are loaded with chemicals.
Can I use butter instead of lard and then add peanut butter?
@@amyr3285 Not sure..? Wild Birds Unlimited sells prepared suet with seeds.
I use nurses disposable gloves to mix everything by hand- lol I also get my peanut butter done fresh from a machine at my Bulk store (no sugar or salt) I added dried mealworms, chopped up peanut pieces and hulled sunflower. Thanks for the recipe - hard to keep the squirrels away
Make extra for the squirrels.
Thank you! Way cool and easy to follow!Make sure to suggest unsalted PB. No additives is best. Same for shortening.
Unsalted AND sugar-free PB. I also don't buy PB that has palm oil in it, but that's just from an ecological viewpoint.
I just skimmed through this but did they mention using unsalted ingredients? The mealworms are a bonus ingredient but I agree with others that animal fat is probably better for wildlife than hydrogenated vegetable fat that humans shouldn't even eat.
In Russia, we use natural unsalted lard
hI Amanda! I can't believe I found you, and it's lovely to see you here. I'm margaret from wcs days in O. rememberring all I learned and how much I enjoyed those days. Hope all is well with you and yours. merry christmas 2023, thank you for the suet recipe.
Great presentation fellow bird nerds!! I want to try this very soon. Thanks.
Save a lot of time and cleaning by melting the fat on a very low heat to dissolve it and then add in the crunchy peanut butter and stir the two together.
That was going to be my question. Thank you
Melt lard in microwave then stir in crunchy peanut butter. Thats all i use
It’s evident you have big hearts ♥️ and care for our feathered friends.
When preparing seed cakes/suet cakes, one needs to be very cautious with the ingredients. In reality birds do not eat fat per say. Seeds contain a certain type of oil.
One should only add ingredients in a raw state. Fresh ground peanut butter, the natural fat is good for energy.
Birds are foragers by nature.
Ingredients that have been processed, beyond de hulling, cracked or ground. Wouldn’t be healthy for them.
Many birds do eat fat, and suet is good for them to keep them warm in the cold weather. Corn meal will not hurt them.
You know your stuff, Robert. Thank you for your knowledgeable observations and recommendations.
Mix it so that it's just mixed in. I like these kind of unscripted videos. Very nice and good style
When adding sticky ingredients, grease or oil the measuring instrument then the sticky slides right out. Works well for syrup, peanut butter, molasses, those types of sticky ingredients.
Love the log idea! Thanks :)
You overlap and line the pan with 2 sheets of parchment paper. Then you can just lift out the suet with the parchment paper easily. One year the Robins came early I found out they love raisins so I keep them on hand in the spring.
Many birders and university experts say no no no vegetable shortening (harmful ingredients) or bacon fat (nitrates). Easier to melt fats together then add mixed dry ingredients to fats by hand. Less cleanup.
Love that you have the recipe below.
great video, thx for sharing. I will ask my daughter we need to try this.
Thanks for the easy to do recipient and ideas!
Awesome idea
Thank you. Have been wanting to make something extra for all the different birds we have here. They feed on the grain hay and alfa in the barn. Pluse we have plenty of trees here for then to stay in. Kind of like a bird nest city complex for them.
God bless
Man you two could pass for sisters. The way you do it is fine except I prefer to mix all the dry ingredients by hand first and then I melt the peanut butter in the fat separately then add it in and remix.
Great suggestion! Especially if you're mixing by hand, that would absolutely make things softer.
Your mum’s very knowledgeable 😊
Thank you so much, I enjoy feeding birds But i cant always buy the suet blocks due to budget. I also want to say i love the suet Log i want one .
you can fill the tree cracks or between bark, also,
This is wrong in so many ways!!! Please educate yourselves regarding feeding birds.
Great video will save me running out to buy some ..TY !
Warming the fat makes it easier to incorporate the dry ingredients.
I buy suet from the butcher and cut it to fit in a suet feeder. The birds love it.
I buy unsalted peanuts and chop them into small pieces. I buy cracked corn from the feed store. Then I mix both in with black oil sunflower seeds and fill the feeders. Much easier and more healthy for the birds than what you gals are doing. Just saying. 😇🇺🇸
Basically you can turn all your ingredients into a suet cake , but you just feed it to the birds in a different form.
As others stated, DO NOT Use Vegetable Shortening. You really should use Lard/Meat Fat. Just Heat to render the lard for mixing & shaping.
One more Is DO NOT Use Any Ol’ Cheap Peanut Butter. Along w/other chemicals like added Hydrogenated oils, make sure it Does Not Contain the Chemical Sweetner- XYLITOL!! Ideally It’s Best to use Organic or make your own peanut butter😋
I found out that the organic peanut butter from Costco is cheaper than Smuckers at Walmart , just larger containers. Has no sugar or sweeteners or added vegetable shortening.
I make a mix similar to that, but omit the seed mix. Then I smear it on the bark of my trees, and they all come down, cling to the bark of the tree to eat it.
You gals go through a lot of trouble to prepare suet. I mix all ingredients and then take the bowl of suet out to the hanging suet container, take it down and just push it into the container. Some spills onto the ground for the Junko’s, nothing wasted. Total time is less than 10 minutes. It’s messier on the container but the birds eat it clean.
I could swear while she was spreading into the 8x8, I could actually smell peanut butter lol
Smuckers is the only brand found in most stores that is peanuts only - no palm oil, sugar, etc. Even 'organic almond butters (for example) often are full of junk.
Great work. Thank you.
Most of our wild bird bills cannot chew up nuts. They are not hookbills. Make sure you mash any nuts you put in your suet in mush. Their bills are too tiny to break the pieces and they can choke. PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE stay away from hydrogenated vegetable oil and high fructose syrup in foods. It can kill birds. Too much beef fat will also kill them. It is a very, very small amount of rendered beef fat used in store bought suet. Just enough to say it is in there basically. Salt is also bad for birds. Please use organic ingredients. NO BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin food preservatives in ANYTHING you or your animals eat. Known carcinogens used as food preservatives. I'm sorry ladies but this video has a lot of bad information that could kill birds. Please don't teach erroneous information. I'm not trying to be mean, just trying to save birds and educate you and others who might take the time to read this. You can google any of this to confirm what I said.
Thx , great video 👍⚾️🎄
How the hell did I end up watching this? Great video though. Some awesome birds have been hanging around my backyard, and it would be good to help sustain them through the winter.
Birds don't have a lot of saliva so mixing the peanut butter with the corn meal or oats etc helps them eat it.
You know that if you go to your local farm supply store you can buy suet cakes for about $0.60 each in about 3 dozen different flavors.
Actually farm stores by me are at least 2.00-3.00 a cake ..thats why watching this DIY video helps save money 💰🤑
@@jacquie1014 Our local farm store ( Rural King) has suet cakes for $5.99 for a box of 10 in about a dozen different flavors or individual suet cakes for $0.69 each.
I've tried several experiments, putting store bought suet next to my home made suet. They always finish the home made suet first. The store suet is almost like forcing them to eat food they don't like. It goes down so slowly
@@pershop4950 You are right. I usually keep a case of the cheap store bought suet cakes like the ones mentioned above 👆🏿 from Rural King 👑 as backups but they eat the homemade stuff up 3-4 xs as fast. The homemade stuff is like crack for birds.
Ok.. So where in the world do you get them for $.60 ea?
Super recipe two thumbs up!!! 👍👍👍🐦🐦🐦
Nice going to make some suet cakes.
Please DO NOT use shortening for man or beast (birds in this case). Use lard or animal fat, keep it naturally healthy,. You can get the fat you need from the butcher and melt it down for your recipe. The birds will thank you.
thought this was great till I read the comments, wow, READ the comments and dont do this!
First let me say there is no wrong way to make suet just whatever you feel comfortable with. If I use an open cage like you have the starlings will bully their way and eat it so I have a starling deterant cage with a double suet in the middle . This allows small birds sparrow and downys to feed, but starlings are discouraged. I usually pick up 4 or 5 prepacked suet trays as I keep those trays as they are the perfect size for the mix. I use a roaster pan melt down about 3 cups of shortning along with the 4-5 suet packs. Melt that down then add in my peanut butter, oats, birdseed, and peanuts. I start with the 4 suet packs and finish out with 12 containers. I freeze these till needed they hold together no problem. My birds go wild over the mix.
I will try and make a log for my hanger.
Wow you and your mom look like sisters, pretty, thank you
I was thinking the EXACT same thing. Auto-play brought me here.
A hot mom makes suet .. yep, two thumbs up .
Mom? Need a job?
You finished that off like a concrete finisher. That little bent butter knife looks like a miniature trowel.
You stuck the landing on that one!
That “goofy looking “ utensil is a butter knife.
I live in a country that is hot. What can I do to prevent the suet balls from melting?
no oats and pure pork lard and you have the right stuff millet seed is a good sub. for oats
how long do you leave in freezer?
Wife won’t let me use blender 😳. Can I get the cakes from you guys ? Please😁
Hand mix with hand or spatula should be ok
Pork fat? I usually trim pork when it's got too much fat for me; certainly I can cook it down and use that, right? (I'm not talking about bacon lol😋 We use that for us🙄)
Hydrogenated vegetable oil is not something you should feed to your birds. If you left just plain shortening out the birds would not eat it.
Gosh wish I had seen your comments about not salt etc. Just bought everything they said it the market.
A very long video for a simple task.......
Is this really more economical than buying suet cakes?
Yes it is. You can also see that your homemade version has more food content, and store version has more lard content
For Calcium how about dried ground up egg shells? Judi
Can you add egg shells from boiled eggs? I used to feed my parakeet hard boiled eggs. Shells and all.. Thank you!! And thank you for this recipe!!
coffee has bones ? please explain!
The prices on Amazon are outrageous. Can Josh's store beat Amazon prices?
Vegetable shortening??? NOOOOO
Audubon Society does have a vegetarian "suet" recipe on their site, using vegetable shortening. I was surprised. I agree wouldn't use peanut butter with sugar,salt, additives.
I like your channel..I still have a lot to watch but do enjoy it..
I liked and sub your channel...
Thank you so much, Ken! We appreciate you :)
I only have cornmeal mix. Will that still work?
It has a lot of extra ingredients like sugar and eggs that might not be the best. I buy cracked dried corn and grind it with a food processor, or just buy store-brand plain cornmeal. For humans, I also usually only keep the mix on hand -- gotta love that Martha White! :-)
I keep bacon fat, save it till I have enough. Add good birdseed and it seems to work fine.
I have a question: I notice everyone saying; do NOT use vegetable shortening. What if you can't find animal shortening anywhere? What do you use instead?
Go to a meat department and ask for some of the fat they trim off and toss away. Most places just give it to you. 3-5 pounds. More or less depending on how much you want to make. Put it in a stock pot and melt down. (rendered down) it makes an oil that you then add your ingredients to. Put in the freezer and it sets up firm.
I have even just put the chunks of fat in a suite feeder. The woodpeckers love it 😀
My dad was a butcher. I know 1st hand they don’t mind giving it away ☺️
I just hang the rib cages of the deer we shoot up in our tree, they all go nuts cleaning it out.
Omg...You cant kill prion pathogens by cooking infected deer. I wouldnt put my family or birds at risk for chronic wasting disease from deer,
You can't be that stupid to make a remark like that..
It's great. Birds love the protein. Have been doing that for yrs.
@@jakewest2524 Yup even those unsuspicious-looking cute birds!
Is it harmful to give birds suet cakes through the summer months?
Nope. Not at all
I keep cakes out until about end of June. Lots of woodpeckers. Daddy plucks chunks out to take to Momma on nest and later on they bring the babies and teach them how to feed from the suet cage! By later summer there is plenty of natural food to forage. When cold weather returns I begin to put suet in the feeders again.
My birds rejected this mix too much peanut butter.
But i shot all the squirrels.
@@ryanbrand3946 boring, rookie
Our birds literally fight over peanut butter suet. When their not fighting, they're lined up for a meal.
stupid question, how important is the rendering? Do we need to add in this peanut butter or seeds?
can i use store-bought ice cap lard?
Squirrels need corn in the winter. It keeps them warm
"So give them corn. "
-Marie Antoinette
squirrels will eat anything. The challenge is to keep them away.
@@elsie3255 the idea is to keep the squirrels, too.
Feeding them something easier and more nutritious will keep them off of the other stuff. Open a jar of cheap peanut butter and throw it in the yard.
It won't freeze, and they have to eat it on the spot. No burying it.
That usually solves the robbery situations.
@@gazinta I'm gonna try that-thanks!
Are you both twins ? You look great 👍
Gosh NO. NO shortening. I use lard buy it from grocery store. Tenderflake as my butcher no longer provides tallow
Does it matter that vegetable shortening is hydrogenated?
i was told shortening should never be used for birds?
vegetable shortening is bad for wild Birds or any Wild life.
it shortens a human's life as well.
Microwave the peanut butter and shortening first then ad rest it's alot more easy
NO NOT Vegetable shortening...full of crap additives ...use a decent quality coconut oil instead but beef or pork fat even better...Rendering animal fat could not be easier...I just did it for the first time and am going to do this from now on. Best to use seeds/nuts without the shells. Sunflower hearts are wonderful. Make this nutritious for them ...not just cheap and convenient.
Sarry the vegetable fat is not good for the animals SO why do we think it's good for us . Please think about it an research it .thankyou .
Audubon disagrees with you www.audubon.org/news/make-your-own-suet
Can I add calcium powder?
do not follow the advice in this video ---- way too much processed stuff going into this suet mixture. never use vegetable fat, always use animal fat for bird feeding, and watch the additives- commercial peanut butter often has way too much sugar and salt.
Does no one add bird seed anymore.??
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The vegetable shortening is SO bad for them (and humans). Use actual beef and bacon fat--mine is grass fed, grass finished because that's what I eat. I throw some blueberries and shelled sunflower seeds in, too. But those are my only suggestions. Thanks for the great video!!
isn't bacon a bit salty for birds?
@@denisgauthier7999 Well, I should've mentioned that I only put a little bit of bacon fat in because yes, large amounts of salt can be toxic to them because it upsets their electrolyte balance. I put about a level teaspoon into the entire suet mixture but you certainly can leave it out altogether.
I thought birds get sick from fat...fatty liver disease and Hepatitis
Birds do not like salt, so watch how much salt is in the peanut butter.
Why not just feed the birds raw suet? Why is this recipe better?
That's what I have been wondering.
A variety of ingredients attracts different species of birds.
The problem with this is soon as it gets even a little warm it melts and there goes your Suet all over as it falls apart.
What about lard for the fat?
Uhhhh...I don't think shortening is a wise choice.🤔
Wow! You didn't even have to tell us she is your daughter, you two look so much alike! Y'alls chin and over bite is the same, two pretty lady's doing a good thing,for mother nature! I love feeding the birds. Can you tell me how to make humming bird food please, alot of people say sugar water but that cant be healthy. If you have a better way plz explain! Thanks 😄
Mandy Green hummingbirds use a ton of energy and the sugar water is great for them!! They love it!
The woman on right looks like she never used a mixer or made anything from scratch before 😂
To all the people vilifying the use of vegetable shortening, do you know how lipids are metabolized?
Do you think it will make the birds get heart disease?
PLEASE DO NOT use that horrible vegetable shortening…..it’s really not good for birds….(or humans)
It’s a butter knife
That so-called goofy little knife is a butter knife
Can I use bacon fat?
Too much salt....
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