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Member Since: June 2012 Posts: 1,454 Send Message	KittytheLearnerCook	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:10
	Ones that don't melt and drip everywhere :-( The birds like them and they cost a fortune to buy, I tried to make some last week, but they ended up a soggy mess. Anyone else make their own fat balls???
	Researching: Brockhurst Newman Pelham Parsons West Sussex Birth information for Thomas Parsons born in Cork 1818 mother Mary father ?Charles
Member Since: November 2010 Posts: 72,449 Send Message	Mersey	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:13
	Dont you just hate it when that happens?? drip drip :-(
	Researching: #Be Kind
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 7,691 Send Message	Wend	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:17
	I did make fat balls once, but I don't know if I still have the recipe. I shall have to dig deep in me drawers and will let you know if I find anything :-D whispers - poor girl can't even make fat balls. :-0
	Researching:
Member Since: June 2012 Posts: 1,454 Send Message	KittytheLearnerCook	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:17
	It was terrible Mersey.............funny and sad at the same time :-(
	Researching: Brockhurst Newman Pelham Parsons West Sussex Birth information for Thomas Parsons born in Cork 1818 mother Mary father ?Charles
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 32,477 Send Message	Purple *^Sparkly^* Diamond	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:18
	I found a lot of stale cereal and such in the back of the cupboard and made the birds a great porridge during the cold weather we had not so long back. I added lard bought especially for the purpose and stale cooking oil etc and they absolutely loved it, made a big pot every day even buying cheap oats to use when the stale stuff ran out. Kitty, if you google, there should be lots of info on fat ball making, you can do it in old yogourt pots etc as moulds so you add a piece of string to hang them up with. Lizx
Member Since: June 2012 Posts: 1,454 Send Message	KittytheLearnerCook	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:19
	Oh heck Wends in her drawers again................how kind Wend. :-D The poor birds got all lined up for the feast and one peck later...................splat !!! Poor things :-(
	Researching: Brockhurst Newman Pelham Parsons West Sussex Birth information for Thomas Parsons born in Cork 1818 mother Mary father ?Charles
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	eRRolSheep	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:33
	me too
	Researching: Happy
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 25,240 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:34
	Do you hang them in anything or just direct on a string? I put them in a sort of wire mesh cylinder. Still reasonable access, but it holds them together better and longer. Gwyn
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 7,691 Send Message	Wend	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:34
	That's just cruelty imo :-D
	Researching:
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 23,596 Send Message	JoyBoroAngel	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:41
	Sorry for my dirty mind but i am so laughing at the title of this thread pmsl ;-) ;-)
	Researching: The birth of Middlesbrough
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	eRRolSheep	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:42
	me too :-D
	Researching: Happy
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 7,691 Send Message	Wend	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:43
	Tuts :-\|
	Researching:
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 15,860 Send Message	Island	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:45
	I'm saying nothin' about Wend digging deep in her drawers for fat balls. Ooops! my norty keyboard :-0 :-D I bought some fatballs in the Poond shop, they are in individual net bags but I put them in a metal mesh feeder and hung them in a sparse tree. Next day, feeder on ground, not a fat ball in site :-\| Crows or hungry neighbour? They didn't have a chance to drip :-0 I await Wends recipe too :-D
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,584 Send Message	MR_MAGOO	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:45
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,584 Send Message	Hmmmmm..........if i'd put up a thread like this it would get RR'd....... :-\|
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	eRRolSheep	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:46
	me too
	Researching: Happy
Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 7,931 Send Message	~``Jude``~	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:47
	ROFOL here, what are you like Kitty??? You ought to ask Shaun on the Welsh thread, he makes his own and l think he uses squash bottle or smaller.....puts holes in the bottle and then puts sticks right through so the birdies can sit and eat: ;-) ;-) :-) :-)
	Researching: Ukraine...
Member Since: November 2010 Posts: 72,449 Send Message	Mersey	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:47
	Error itsnot all about you and your fat balls tuts :-D :-D
	Researching: #Be Kind
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,584 Send Message	MR_MAGOO	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:48
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,584 Send Message	She's got large drawers Island..............could be a while...... ;-)
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,584 Send Message	MR_MAGOO	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:49
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,584 Send Message	Sounds very painful Jude.............. :-S
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	eRRolSheep	Report	1 Jul 2013 20:49
	me too
	Researching: Happy

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