Suet birdseed recipes are a favorite for bird lovers, as well as for birds. Suet is high in fat and oil, which are necessities in a birds diet, but suet birdseed recipes are particularly good because they incorporate a number of different ingredients that birds love. Suet is simple to make, which gives it an accessibility to anyone interested in bird watching or bird feeding.
Making Suet Birdseed Recipes
Suet is simply beef fat that has been separated from the meat and prepared for alternative uses. To glean suet from beef you may either trim the fat on your own or cook it out of ground beef. In either case the beef fat must still be melted down and cooled. It will harden, although successive heating will make it harder. Straining it is also effective at creating a harder suet.
Suet can be bought from your grocer, or it also comes pre-made. Suet is commonly found in a cake form (more like a puck), and any pet store will have a selection of suet birdseed recipes already prepared. It is an inexpensive but delightful treat for wild birds, as well as most indoor varieties.
Suet birdseed recipes include seeds, but are also made with the addition of peanut butter. While that sounds unappetizing to humans, birds will go nuts for the combination. You can also make fantastic suet birdseed recipes by using the expensive, but incredible, Nyjer seed. It is high in fat and oil and mixed with the suet makes for a nutritious diet.
