I had recently seen a recipe for bird seed cakes on Pinterest. This afternoon, the wild bug bit me and I decided to go for it. It was a quick 10 minute project!
I used:
1 can of Crisco shortening
About 5 scoops of bird seed
And someI was imaginingpyrex and ramekins as molds
So easy, just melt the crisco in a pot on the stove, stir in a few scoops of bird seed, and spoon the mixture into your molds and wait for it to solidify.
Update:
Well, the plan was not iron clad- didn't work out the way I had planned...
Challenge 1: I think I added too many scoops of birdseed, I think it would be better to have the seed more embedded to hold it together.
Challenge 2: I couldn't get them out of the pyrex without crumbling the whole thing!!
So, I scraped it all back into the pot and remelted it. This time I chose plastic Tupperware as the molds, so that I could flex the sides to pop it out.
Outcome:
Even with the tupperware, the "cakes" didn't hold up. I put one outside near our bird feeder which sees very heavy bird traffic and no one touched it, not even the squirrels and jays who tend to take what the others leave behind...
I was imagining something more solid that I could pop into my suet cage and then I could stand in the backyard singing with birds perching on my finger like Snow White.....
PINTEREST FAIL!
On the plus side, I poured the remainder into a pie tin and my chickens thought it was Christmas!!!
