For the Birds

The woodpeckers have been pouting for a few days because their food was gone, so I made them a new batch.I'm posting the recipe here so I don't have to keep looking for it. ÜPeanut Butter Bird Treats
2 cups crunchy peanut butter
2 cups lard
4 cups rolled oats (not quick oats)
4 cups cornmeal
2/3 cup sugar
1 cup raisins
1 cup bird seed (or whole wheat kernels or other grains)

Melt lard and peanut butter over low heat.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Scoop into zipper-style sandwich bags.
Freeze until it is hardened.
Place in mesh bag or suet feeder.

Note: I don't know of any good reason to feed the birds sugar, so I leave that out. I felt kind of bad when I realized I was giving them hydrogenated lard. I need to stop by the butcher's and pick up some healthier lard. :) Will the health benefits of the organic cornmeal cancel out the cheap-o peanut butter? Not sure I'll invest in the $$$ natural kind for them.