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CINDY'S BIRDIE BREAD
(everyone from budgies to macaws should like this birdie bread)
2 cups Bisquick
2 cups yellow corn meal
1 cup whole wheat flour,
4 eggs with shells (washed well and blended in a mixer to crush shells)
3 6 oz. jars of pureed fruit and vegetable baby food, any combination (I use 1-sweet potato 1-chicken vegetable 1-banana) (Optional additions)1/2 pkg. dried fruit (fruit bits)
chopped nuts (walnuts, almonds, peanuts, etc.)
shaved cuttle bone
shelled sunflower seeds
shelled millet
shelled pumpkin seeds
Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray. Mix all dry
ingredients together, well. Add eggs and Baby food Stir until all Ingredients
are evenly moist. Batter will be very thick and heavy. Bake approximately 40
minutes or until cake pulls away from the edges of the pan. I check with a
tooth pick to make sure the center is cooked. Cool completely, cut into cubes,
slices. Reserve enough for 2-3- days and freeze the rest. Thaw as needed.
NOTE:
I add a little water to moisten the batter. Once you start adding the nuts and
stuff it tends to be dry. You don't want it too wet or too dry. I add the
optional ingredients except I have added pellet. Our birds sometimes start
flinging pellets, so I collect them and crush them and add them to the birdie
bread. We are at sea level, so cooking times may vary. I would check it after
30 minutes. I have also tried this recipe with fresh fruit. It works but
doesn't keep as well as the dried fruit. Some people make the base and add just
beans. You can buy a frozen mix. Frozen veggies. will work too. Thaw the frozen
ingredients before adding to the rest. This is a great recipe for experimenting.
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. ~Joseph Addison, The Spectator, 1712
Mockingbirds can imitate any sound from a squeaking door to a cat meowing.
