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Offline franksolich

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primitive wants to feed birds ham fat
« on: June 24, 2009, 07:51:12 AM »
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shireen  (1000+ posts)     Fri Jun-19-09 02:25 PM
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question about using ham fat for bird food

Hi ... i recently ordered a really lovely ham that had thick layers of fat. I've been saving this fat in the freezer, hoping to make some wildbird "suet" cakes for a friend who has feeders.

- First of all, is it safe to use this fat?
- I was thinking of rendering it in a pan, then adding some cornmeal or other grains. After it cools, cut it into pieces and freeze it.
- Should i save these cakes in the freezer till winter? Or will it go rancid?

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Inchworm  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jun-22-09 01:01 PM
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1. I do this as well

I'm pretty sure I read up on it at the time and found it safe, but get other opinions as well.

Here is the best picture I can find. I could NOT find original ingredient list, but I do remember it was rendered pig. Seems like I used fatback and the cut stuff from butcher.

Apologies for the beer. I was celebrating.

after which a photograph of a can of Budweiser beer, with food-faddist products in the background

The woodpeckers and small birds love it! They enjoy it for 3-4 days until the squirrels find it and eat it.
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Re: primitive wants to feed birds ham fat
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2009, 08:23:39 AM »
DUmmies know zero about hog fat........add it to a pot of beans, greens....anything and it taste so much better. Who would waste perfectly good hog fat on birds?
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Re: primitive wants to feed birds ham fat
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2009, 09:47:58 AM »
Ham fat has too much salt for birds.
That DUmmy will be a serial bird killer.
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Re: primitive wants to feed birds ham fat
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2009, 02:07:23 PM »
Quote from: BadCat on June 24, 2009, 09:47:58 AM
Ham fat has too much salt for birds.
That DUmmy will be a serial bird killer.
Not to mention the chemicals that get used in the preservation process. 

Why do DUmmies want birds to suffer?
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Re: primitive wants to feed birds ham fat
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2009, 02:32:00 PM »
I never thought of the salt content of the ham fat. :thatsright:  I was going to say why couldn't you use ham fat.  My dog ate a whole cake of suet once and fed the birds with her special birdseed poopies for days. :cheersmate:
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Re: primitive wants to feed birds ham fat
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2009, 04:28:34 PM »
If you're gonna waste it, why not just toss it somewhere and let the vultures eat it?  They're birds. too.

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