During our great snow storm of March 8 & 9, 2008 we ran out of suet for the birds that come to our bird feeders. We bought two dozen "cakes" in the fall plus having 3 cakes left over from last year. So, we made a batch using a special recipe which included oats, peanut butter, seeds, cornmeal, crushed egg shells, and bacon grease. We pressed the mixture into one of the plastic containers from those we had purchased to act as a mold and then put this into the freezer for about an hour so that the suet cake would be solid. The birds seemed to like it just as well as the commerial variety as evidenced by this Downy Woodpecker on one of the feeders. It looks like it is getting ready to take a big bite.
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