Hi P&J! I enjoyed this video a lot. You explained some fine pointers that I missed when making my suet cakes this week. For example, I let mine set in the refrigerator instead of the freezer so some of them didn't come out in that perfect block. But whatever, I put it out there anyway 😂and they ate it all up. Now I will put the next batch in the freezer overnight and see if that helps. I used tiny apple chunks and raisins as my fruit and I did add peanuts as they seem to like the peanut crunch cakes that I normally buy. I haven't used peanut butter and coconut oil yet, but I like how you melted it down and made it less messy than what I've seen others do. I couldn't find actual beef suet anywhere near me, but I did find a store that sold plain beef suet cakes so I bought those to experiment with. There is no LARD to be found anywhere near me though. I'm serious! I even tried a nearby ethnic food store but they didn't have it either. I guess my neighborhood is real bougee or something.😂😆🤣 But I don't eat meat either so what can I say? Anyhoo, my question is, will the coconut oil and and peanut butter be enough to bind the suet cake if it's frozen or do I have to continue my seemingly never ending search for lard or go to the other place and continue to get the plain beef suet?
Christallin I loved all that!!! Great conversation my friend! I believe I answered this already in another message, this maybe the message you were telling me about...just saw this my friend. Your birds are going to love you this winter!
Hi Rai-An! The birds eat fruit around here all the time when in season. They also enjoy the seeds in the fruit. We feed them what grows around here, and what they are already use to eating. TY for commenting and watching! -P & J
Hi Monica! It's so easy to make! We make this every winter, in the summer months it will just melt and make a mess. TY for commenting and watching! -P & J
Hi GP! TY very much we appreciate you saying that! We enjoy the birds to, we have many videos on our channel of the birds in many seasons. So fun to watch all their personalities. TY for commenting and watching! -P & J
Thank you for sharing this enticing recipe for birds, especially during the challenging winter season when it becomes difficult for them to find food. Appreciated 👋
Hey look who stopped by! We go thru at least ten a week, we are already buying seed my as well make suet we say! Hope you give our recipe a try! TY for commenting, and watching! -Paula & Jason
Hi Ruby! We have heard many people say that. In the winter months when food is harder to find, and the birds realize it's there they may stick around. Hey ya never know LOL TY for commenting and watching! -P & J
@@shirleywilhelm1495 Hi Shirley yes freezing it is key. If the suet stays at room temperature it will melt. This is why we store it in the freezer and only feed them suet in the winter months. TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching! -P & J
Hi Kim! So easy and so good for them in the winter months. Weve been making homemade suet for 30+ years, and the birds love it! TY for trying our recipe, commenting, and watching! -P & J
Hi! Your chickens would love this as a special treat! It's so good for them, especially when they are molting. TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching! -Paula & Jason
Hi Christallin! Yes those chickadees have a great personality, so fun to watch. Let us know if you try the suet recipe. TY Christallin for your continuous support! -P & J
@@sarahwatts8529 It's getting to be that time of the year! Hope you try our recipe Sarah. Your chickens would love it to! I believe you would have to cut back on sunflower seeds, to much of a good thing. TY for stopping by! -P&J
I will try your recipe. I know about the Hummingbirds ❤️, I feed them every year, make my own nectar, no store bought.. thank you have a great week and weekend
TY for trying the recipe! Great to hear you make your own hummingbird food, we make that to! Less expensive and better for them our opinion. We go thru so much suet in the winter months, and in the summer we go thru alot of hummingbird food, especially on the warm days. TY again for stopping by!
Hi Chrissy and Kenny! It's such a fun easy project and the birds love it! As temps warm up, we don't make it, suet melts LOL So excited to hear your going to try this recipe. TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching! P&J
Hi Coral! So easy to make! The winter is the only time I feed them suet. It will melt in the warm weather..LOL a mess. TY my friend for commenting and watching! -P & J
Hi Jamie! Your welcome! We have to make more tomorrow, almost out already! I remember you saying ,in your live, that you have 20 feeders or something? Clearly we need to catch up on your channel. We also love the hummingbirds and cardinals. TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching! -Paula & Jason
I've never made my own bird suet! We will wait until we are up full time to start feeding the birds but this is a very good lesson. I'll definitely give this a re-watch in the future. Thank you!
Hi Nora! Great surprise seeing you here! It was great seeing you on your live! Great vibe! TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching! -Paula & Jason
Hi Deanna! The wildlife eat it up here, already had to make another batch! TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching really appreciate it! -Paula & Jason
Hi Chrystal! Yes they would melt if left out. We only make suet in the winter, so it stays in one piece outside. I take them out of the containers and freeze them in a big freezer bag, and take them out as needed. TY for stopping by! -P & J
What a great video! Thanks for the recipe. I have two cats that were born feral but are very tame. However, they are mighty hunters so I have to be so careful where I put bird food. We had to take our hummingbird feeder down because they catch them while they are buzzing around. Loved the end where you showed the birds. 💗🐦🙀
Hi Your welcome! TY so much for all the kind words! The cats are awesome hunters! Amazing how quick yours are, catching a hummingbird! Wow! TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching! P&J
Hi! Yes it does melt in the heat. The birds don't need all the extra fat during the summer months. So many fruits, bugs, etc they can eat. During the fall and winter is when we start feeding the birds and wildlife our homemade suet. Hope you give our recipe a try! TY for stopping by! P&J
I left another comment that seems have disappeared. I was asking if peanut butter and coconut oil can be used alone or do you have to use lard? There is no lard to be found anywhere near me. But I did find a place that sells plain beef suet cakes, so I used that in my last recipe. I'm wondering if that can be used with the peanut butter and coconut oil instead of lard?
Hi Christallin we didn't see that message, sorry no idea what happened. You can make this without lard, but it doesn't always firm up very well. Even being froze it still tends to fall apart easily. You can use low salt bacon grease. Filter it thru a coffee filter a few times. Less salt or no salt is best for birds. If the plain beef suet cake worked last time, that would be a great option.
That's really cool! I can't feed the birds were we live. Something about attacking rats. Plus sugar likes to catch and eat the birds and then I feel bad. I've said it before you are very lucky 💙
Hi Camille. So sad, my parents are not allowed to have feeders either, prolly the same reason. Your dog would have a good time LOL TY for commenting and watching! -P & J
@@ameliesvj3658 It really is the best choice, and best for the birds, combined with coconut oil. They need the fat during the winter to keep them warm. Hope you give the recipe a try! We appreciate you stopping by! -P&J
@ameliesvj3658 We usually freeze over night, but in an hour it would set. We also store them in the freezer, take them out when needed. We make a big batch at a time.
So very true! That absolutely works, and since birds cant taste spicey, it doesnt bother them. We feed the squirrels the suet on the deck, so they don't usually bother the feeders. They have their spots to eat. TY Joseph for stopping by, commenting, and watching! P&J
That was awesome! Never knew it was so simple to make! Always learning from you, thank you!!!
Aawww MJ! Easy peasy quick recipe. TY so much for commenting and watching!
-P & J
Hi P&J! I enjoyed this video a lot. You explained some fine pointers that I missed when making my suet cakes this week. For example, I let mine set in the refrigerator instead of the freezer so some of them didn't come out in that perfect block. But whatever, I put it out there anyway 😂and they ate it all up. Now I will put the next batch in the freezer overnight and see if that helps. I used tiny apple chunks and raisins as my fruit and I did add peanuts as they seem to like the peanut crunch cakes that I normally buy. I haven't used peanut butter and coconut oil yet, but I like how you melted it down and made it less messy than what I've seen others do. I couldn't find actual beef suet anywhere near me, but I did find a store that sold plain beef suet cakes so I bought those to experiment with. There is no LARD to be found anywhere near me though. I'm serious! I even tried a nearby ethnic food store but they didn't have it either. I guess my neighborhood is real bougee or something.😂😆🤣 But I don't eat meat either so what can I say? Anyhoo, my question is, will the coconut oil and and peanut butter be enough to bind the suet cake if it's frozen or do I have to continue my seemingly never ending search for lard or go to the other place and continue to get the plain beef suet?
Christallin I loved all that!!! Great conversation my friend! I believe I answered this already in another message, this maybe the message you were telling me about...just saw this my friend. Your birds are going to love you this winter!
Hi P&J. You are so kind, seeing to it that the little creatures there are fed. Birds, squirrels, and raccoons. I could watch them all day long.
TY Billy! So glad you enjoy the birds and wildlife to! Keep them happy, and nature always stops by! TY for commenting and watching!
-Paula & Jason
Hope to see you tonight Billy at Alone's Live! @Alone in Remote Alaska
Those birds are very fortunate! I've never seen suet with fruit! Wow! I love seeing the birds eating!
Hi Rai-An! The birds eat fruit around here all the time when in season. They also enjoy the seeds in the fruit. We feed them what grows around here, and what they are already use to eating. TY for commenting and watching!
-P & J
My wife would love these! Thanks for sharing.
Hi John! That's great to hear! TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-P & J
How fun. I will have to try this one day. Thanks fir the recipe! ❤. Love it.
Hi Monica! It's so easy to make! We make this every winter, in the summer months it will just melt and make a mess. TY for commenting and watching!
-P & J
This was a good video and informative about what you were doing. My wife and I really enjoy watching the birds
Hi GP! TY very much we appreciate you saying that! We enjoy the birds to, we have many videos on our channel of the birds in many seasons. So fun to watch all their personalities. TY for commenting and watching!
-P & J
Thank you for sharing this enticing recipe for birds, especially during the challenging winter season when it becomes difficult for them to find food. Appreciated 👋
TY so much for the kind words. We are nature lovers. TY for commenting and watching!
-P & J
The birds really seem to love it! I go through a lot of these suet cakes. I should probably start making my own.
Hey look who stopped by! We go thru at least ten a week, we are already buying seed my as well make suet we say! Hope you give our recipe a try! TY for commenting, and watching!
-Paula & Jason
Very nice! Our birds out here wont even look at the seeds. They prefer to hunt their own. 😂
Hi Ruby! We have heard many people say that. In the winter months when food is harder to find, and the birds realize it's there they may stick around. Hey ya never know LOL TY for commenting and watching!
-P & J
I made a hot suet, it melted and got very messy.
@@shirleywilhelm1495 Hi Shirley yes freezing it is key. If the suet stays at room temperature it will melt. This is why we store it in the freezer and only feed them suet in the winter months. TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-P & J
I love all your plants! I'll definitely be trying your suet recipe. 😊
TY so much for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-P & J
Awesome…
Thanks for sharing..
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Hi! Kevin's channel is awesome @TuberChat TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-P & J
Love this I'm definitely going to try this. The birds will love this.
Hi Kim! So easy and so good for them in the winter months. Weve been making homemade suet for 30+ years, and the birds love it! TY for trying our recipe, commenting, and watching!
-P & J
I use bacon grease but haven’t made suet in a few years. The hens would probably love it. Fantastic video!
Hi Jennifer and Alex! Absolutely your hens would enjoy it especially in the winter months. TY for commenting and watching!
-P & J
I bet the birds love this. Oooo peanut butter. 🐦 🕊️ 🐦
Hi Gail They really do eat it up! So good for them. Went thru five suet cakes this week. TY for commenting and watching!
-P & J
Thank you for the recipe! Also thanks for the tips on what not to feed birds! Really enjoy your channel! 🐦😊
Hi Mary! We so appreciate your kind words! We hope you try the suet! TY for commenting and watching!
-P & J
Our chickens would love this treat! Nice work! Looking forward to watching more of your videos!
Hi! Your chickens would love this as a special treat! It's so good for them, especially when they are molting. TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-Paula & Jason
I buy those all the time. I've never thought about making them. Very cool😊 love the bird🐦 entertainment.
Hi Ms L! So easy to make, and healthy for the birds Hope you try it! TY for commenting and watching!
-Paula & Jason
My favorite bird is the Cardinal, but I'm really starting to like the little Chickdees a lot.🐦
Hi Christallin! Yes those chickadees have a great personality, so fun to watch. Let us know if you try the suet recipe. TY Christallin for your continuous support!
-P & J
I will. I made enough for several days. So next time I make some I'll use your recipe. If I still can't find the lard, I'll use the beef suet.
@lifespanwellnessbeauty-60i64 It will work perfect..probably made with beef lard. We've never seen the plain ones before! That's a great find!
Literally need to make some of these.
@@sarahwatts8529 It's getting to be that time of the year! Hope you try our recipe Sarah. Your chickens would love it to! I believe you would have to cut back on sunflower seeds, to much of a good thing. TY for stopping by!
-P&J
@@PandJsHomesteadAdventure definitely want this special treat for our birds ❤️
I will try your recipe. I know about the Hummingbirds ❤️, I feed them every year, make my own nectar, no store bought.. thank you have a great week and weekend
TY for trying the recipe! Great to hear you make your own hummingbird food, we make that to! Less expensive and better for them our opinion. We go thru so much suet in the winter months, and in the summer we go thru alot of hummingbird food, especially on the warm days. TY again for stopping by!
Going to make some of this with the kids! Thanks for sharing! ❤
Hi Chrissy and Kenny! It's such a fun easy project and the birds love it! As temps warm up, we don't make it, suet melts LOL So excited to hear your going to try this recipe. TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
P&J
quick and easy
Just beautiful.
@@lifeinthepiedmontVirginia Thank you so much Tina! We appreciate you stopping by! -P&J
I’ll have to give this recipe a try! Especially for this time of the year!
Hi Coral! So easy to make! The winter is the only time I feed them suet. It will melt in the warm weather..LOL a mess. TY my friend for commenting and watching!
-P & J
Thank you for sharing this recipe!! My favorite bird is the hummingbird,
Then Cardinal
Hi Jamie! Your welcome! We have to make more tomorrow, almost out already! I remember you saying ,in your live, that you have 20 feeders or something? Clearly we need to catch up on your channel. We also love the hummingbirds and cardinals. TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-Paula & Jason
I could do that for the parrots here, the crows like boiled eggs and minced meat👍
Hi Brun! Yes so good for parrots to! As for the crows..LOL they will eat anything! Good clean up crew! LOL TY for commenting and watching!
-P & J
I've never made my own bird suet! We will wait until we are up full time to start feeding the birds but this is a very good lesson. I'll definitely give this a re-watch in the future. Thank you!
TY Loretta and Jason! So appreciate it! We only make it in the winter, or it will melt LOL TY for stopping by, leaving a comment, and watching!
P&J
Good stuff, some day will try this
Hi! The birds really enjoy the suet during the cold months. Very easy recipe. TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
P&J
Thank you! I’ve got lard and I’m excited to try this.
Hi! Thats great to hear! TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-P & J
Great recipe!
Hi Susan! TY so much! We appreciate you stopping by!
P&J
Very good information . At the end with the leftovers , I thought you were going to say , just and milk and enjoy. LOL Thanks
Hi Steve and Susie LOL you could eat it for sure! TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
P&J
I just sent this to my mom! She is always buying suet for the birds but your recipe looks easy!
Hi Melissa! TY so much for sharing our suet recipe video with your mom! The birds will thank her! TY for stopping by!
P&J
Nice and healthy sounds yummy. Going to try this❤😊
TY for trying our recipe! So easy and so healthy for the birds! They have eaten 5 suet cakes already! TY for commenting and watching!
-Paula & Jason
My birds are thanking you!! My daughter had fun helping :) @@PandJsHomesteadAdventure
@marketplaceboutique6957 That's great news! This makes us so happy to hear this! TY for commenting again and letting us know!
Great to see you at my live stream P&J. Nice video
Hi Nora! Great surprise seeing you here! It was great seeing you on your live! Great vibe! TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-Paula & Jason
Great idea!
Hi Lily! TY so much! We appreciate you stopping by!
P&J
Just made some for my chickens with their scratch grains. Thanks for all the tips
That's great news! TY so much for trying our recipe and letting us know! Really appreciate you commenting and watching!
-P & J
Those birds r bless, those are some quite goodness food recipe 😊
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TY so much for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-P & J
@@PandJsHomesteadAdventure you're welcome
Thank you soooooo much!
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Hi! Your welcome! Hope you give it a try! TY for stopping by, leaving a comment, and watching!
P&J
Thanks!! I've been expermenting w homemade suet cakes. Did'nt know coconut oil is so good for birds!! ❤
Hi Hope! So glad you enjoyed this video! TY so much for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
P&J
Very nice!
TY so much for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-P & J
very nice
The birds and wildlife love our suet! TY for stopping by!
P&J
This was nice of you. Keep up the great work I love birds I figured I’ll come over to check you out from kevin live tuber chat ❤️💯☮️✌️
TY!! Kevin has a great channel good vibe and good music! @TuberChat TY so much for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-P & J
This is awesome. I tried a store bought suet one year. The birds didn’t touch it. Neither did the squirrels. I’m gonna have to try this
Hi Deanna! The wildlife eat it up here, already had to make another batch! TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching really appreciate it!
-Paula & Jason
Great info Miss Paula, where do you store the extras? I’m guessing in the freezer otherwise the frozen fruit would get all gooey. Is that right?
Hi Chrystal! Yes they would melt if left out. We only make suet in the winter, so it stays in one piece outside. I take them out of the containers and freeze them in a big freezer bag, and take them out as needed. TY for stopping by!
-P & J
@@PandJsHomesteadAdventure perfect!
Hi , ❤️👍🙏😊
Hi Evy! TY for stopping by,commenting, and watching!
P&J
All the birds are coming to the yard.🐦⬛
Hi Jay! They sure are! TY for stopping by! We really enjoy the wildlife. We appreciate you commenting and watching!
-P & J
What a great video! Thanks for the recipe. I have two cats that were born feral but are very tame. However, they are mighty hunters so I have to be so careful where I put bird food. We had to take our hummingbird feeder down because they catch them while they are buzzing around. Loved the end where you showed the birds. 💗🐦🙀
Hi Your welcome! TY so much for all the kind words! The cats are awesome hunters! Amazing how quick yours are, catching a hummingbird! Wow! TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
P&J
I will have to do this. We normaly just buy them ♥
Hi Dave it's so easy, healthier, and so much cheaper in the long run. Hope you give it a try! TY for commenting and watching!
-Paula & Jason
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TY!
I was wondering if this mixture melts in the summer heat..
Hi! Yes it does melt in the heat. The birds don't need all the extra fat during the summer months. So many fruits, bugs, etc they can eat. During the fall and winter is when we start feeding the birds and wildlife our homemade suet. Hope you give our recipe a try! TY for stopping by!
P&J
I left another comment that seems have disappeared. I was asking if peanut butter and coconut oil can be used alone or do you have to use lard? There is no lard to be found anywhere near me. But I did find a place that sells plain beef suet cakes, so I used that in my last recipe. I'm wondering if that can be used with the peanut butter and coconut oil instead of lard?
Hi Christallin we didn't see that message, sorry no idea what happened. You can make this without lard, but it doesn't always firm up very well. Even being froze it still tends to fall apart easily. You can use low salt bacon grease. Filter it thru a coffee filter a few times. Less salt or no salt is best for birds. If the plain beef suet cake worked last time, that would be a great option.
@@PandJsHomesteadAdventureOkay thanks.
I need to make this. It is so expensive getting from the stores.
Hi! Exactly why we started making it years ago. Healthier to! TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-P & J
what is that black and white bird? thanks
Hi! The black and white bird is a Junco. TY for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
-P & J
@@PandJsHomesteadAdventure Thankyou
@@creato020 Some of our Bird videos also have the names of each bird, if that's something your interested in. TY again for watching!
@@PandJsHomesteadAdventure Thankyou. I'll take a look. Watching from Australia so have no idea what some of them are. 🙂🙂
@@creato020 We appreciate you watching!
That's really cool! I can't feed the birds were we live. Something about attacking rats. Plus sugar likes to catch and eat the birds and then I feel bad. I've said it before you are very lucky 💙
Hi Camille. So sad, my parents are not allowed to have feeders either, prolly the same reason. Your dog would have a good time LOL TY for commenting and watching!
-P & J
Do you have to use lard ?
@@ameliesvj3658 It really is the best choice, and best for the birds, combined with coconut oil. They need the fat during the winter to keep them warm. Hope you give the recipe a try! We appreciate you stopping by! -P&J
@PandJsHomesteadAdventure I just got done making it it is so easy to make
@PandJsHomesteadAdventure how long do you frieze it for ?
@ameliesvj3658 We usually freeze over night, but in an hour it would set. We also store them in the freezer, take them out when needed. We make a big batch at a time.
@@ameliesvj3658 So glad you tried our easy peasy recipe!
I add red pepper it keeps the squirrels out.
So very true! That absolutely works, and since birds cant taste spicey, it doesnt bother them. We feed the squirrels the suet on the deck, so they don't usually bother the feeders. They have their spots to eat. TY Joseph for stopping by, commenting, and watching!
P&J