# Suet cakes-They're for the birds

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 19, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suet-cakes-theyre-for-the-birds/434112 "2008-01-19T02:51:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suet-cakes-theyre-for-the-birds/434112/1 "2008-01-19T02:51:18Z")

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Anyone else here make their own suet cakes for bird feeders?

I do occasionally. It’s cheap and not too difficult. I get the suet at work, from the big roasts we have for sandwiches. I render it a second time and then mix it with seed and whatever else I have on hand.

The batch I made tonight had suet, birdseed, cheap generic peanut butter, a few dried cherries and dried apples I dehydrated last summer and some ground up orange and lemon peels. You just mix all the stuff in a big bowl and fill the molds. For the latter I use Tupperware sandwich boxes and round hamburger patty molds. I wrap the chilled cakes in the plastic bags my newspapers come in.

It’s a lot cheaper in the long run than buying them ready made.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suet-cakes-theyre-for-the-birds/434112/2 "2008-01-19T03:20:38Z")

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I hoard my suet for mincemeat tarts. It’s only in the stores around Christmas. Stinkin’ birds don’t get _my_ suet. 😉