Bird Watching: Has anyone made homemade suet?, 1 by sadie_mae

sadie_mae wrote:
I made something last weekend, not actually suet (no fat) because I was out of the cakes and didn't want to go to the store. I just partially melted a large ( I think 32 oz) jar of store brand crunchy peanut butter, then added about 1 cup of raisins and maybe 1 cup of regular oats. I just added the oats until I couldn't stir it easily any more. I put it in the frig, in a greased pan, to firm up and then put 2 big globs in a large cage feeder. The rest is still in the frig, I don't know how long it keeps. I've seen Titmice, Chickadees, Woodpeckers, Nuthatches and today a Mockingbird eating it.