Jenny's Suet

here is a recipe that I like because it uses leftovers, is easy to prepare, and doesn't melt so badly in the South:

1 lb lard (not Crisco or shortning)
1/2 - 1 Cup peanut butter
Approx 1/2 loaf of bread, or equivalent bread products such as donuts, plain cake, buns, rolls etc.
1/2 Cup flour
1/2 Cup cornmeal
1 Cup sugar
1 finely diced apple, or other fruit
(raisins, blueberries, etc)
1/2 Cup pecans (optional

beef fat can also be used, of course, but us hard to find in my area. Also the lard doesn't smell up the kitchen so badly.
I gather wild cherries and elderberries in season, freeze and use in the recipe later.

Melt the lard and peanut butter over low heat. Mix flour, cornmeal and sugar and stir in. Add enough bread crumbs to absorb all liquid. Add fruit and nuts as desired.

Pour into a 9 x 5" bread pan and keep refrigirated.

I put out a slice every day; woodpeckers, titmice, nuthatches, chickadees, wrens, warblers and others love it.

I put it in an "upside down" feeder so only clinging birds can get it, otherwise the sparrows and mockingbirds would run all others off.