Winter Bird Pudding (Bird Food) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 quarts water
1 cup margarine
1 cup peanut butter
4 cups cereal (cornmeal, rolled oats, roman meal and/or cream of wheat)
chopped fruit (raisins, dates, apples)
sunflower seeds or bird seed

Preparation

In a large kettle, bring water and margarine to boiling.
Slowly add cereals and cook, stirring constantly until the mixture is fully cooked and thick.
Remove from heat.
Add peanut butter and desired amount of chopped fruit, nuts, and seeds.
Cool and place in plastic containers.
Serving amounts depend on how large you make your bird feeders so the\"yield\" is a guess.
Note: pack the mixture into chopped off chunks of panty hose or put in pine cones.
Hang the mixture in protected crooks of trees.
You can also spread the mixture onto a surface area (don't use aluminum pans; when it's freezing, little bird feet can stick to the metal and suffer injury), set out on ground or picnic bench.
By placing the food at different elevations, you will attract many species of birds.
The food can be preserved in a freezer (if there is any left over).
Just be sure to use it within three to four months.