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(Served at August 2007 Tea Party)

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Bird Suet
 (From Birds & Blooms)

1 c. crunchy peanut butter
1 c. lard
Melt together in 2 qt. saucepan. 
Remove from heat and add:
2 c. quick oats
2 c. cornmeal
1 c. flour
1/3 c. sugar
Mix together and put in 8 x 8 pan (or 9 x 9 pan).
Freeze, cut into blocks the size of your suet feeder.

Hummingbird Water

1 c. water
1/4 c. sugar

Boil together.  Allow to cool.  Fill feeder.  Adding color is optional.  Change every few days.  
 

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