Suet melts too easily in the summers so the following recipe was suggested
to me as a substitute. It has been so popular I now use it year-round.

Summer Suet
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2 cups lard (a 1lb box)
2 cups chunky peanut butter (preferably with no preservatives, such as
Adams)
4 cups rolled oats
4 cups flour (preferably unbleached)
2 cups corn meal
2/3 cup sugar

Mix together and place in air-tight containers. Though I refrigerate this
it took three months for a sample in my folks backyard one summer to start
to spoil.

I use a 5qt Kitchen Aid mixer with the "spoon" attachment (the triangular
shaped mixing tool). If you mix this by hand I would suggest cutting the
recipe in half.

Substitutions
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I use 2 cups ground filberts plus 2 cups ground peanuts instead of the
peanut butter. My woodpeckers prefer this though my parents get bushtits
with the peanut butter. Even the Steller jays will go to a suet log after
this mixture.

I ran out of corn meal on Christmas Day last year so I used the cracked
corn I put out on the feeders. The birds all seem to prefer cracked corn
over corn meal (and it's cheaper!).

Take care,
Bruce


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