I too, would be cautious of what ingredients you put into homemade suet
recipes. Our processed foods are not necessarily good for our bird
friends and can be hard for them to digest. I would not recommend
putting white flour into a suet recipe. Whole grain products are best.

Yvonne
ravenn at premier1.net
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Diane de Ryss wrote:
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> Ayrielle wrote:
>
> > Note: all ingredients can be substituted except Lard. I substitute 1/2 cup
> > of one thing and add 1/2 cup of something else for variety.
> > you can add bird seed, dry cereal such as rice crispies ect...,
>
> Hi tweeters:
>
> Thanks Ayrielle for the suet recipe. One note of caution: be careful
> what you substitute. Such things as Rice Crispies and other packaged
> cereals or goods likely have preservatives in them. We *may* be big
> enough creatures to handle this stuff in our diets, but the birds may
> not. I'd stick to adding plain old oatmeal and bird seed.
>
> Diane de Ryss, Seattle
> deryssmacon at halcyon.com