Recipies - Long thread!
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:54 am
i bought a rat book called 'The scuttling gourmet' because one of my rats is on a diet, and i wanted to find more interesting things to give them. the book is really good. it has recipies in for rat's, but i believe they are easily adjustable for birds if they need adjusting. ill post a few if anybody wants to try them. i made a cake the other day and it went down well. the recipies are for 25-35 rats (thats a hell of a lot of rats) so the ones im writing i have halved the ingredients, although they should be easy to increase or decrease as needed.
** All measurements are in ounces or grams, not both, im not clever enough to convert them into the opposite. so sorry
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'Rat' Cake / Fid Cake (i made this cake, and i halved the ingredients that im writing here, and it made enough for two rats and a fid (cut into 8ths) to have a nice piece each. was enough for two days with 1 piece each and some left over.)
6oz rat food (adjust)
2oz olive oil (some of this can be substitued with cod liver oil or salmopet)
2 large eggs
3oz self raising wholemeal flour
3oz sweetcorn
milk (only a tiny bit needed, if any)
Sunflower seeds - or try dried fruit, nuts, cornmeal, porridge oats.
Mix together with milk to make thick porridge consistency and put into a large greased lined baking tin and cook Gas mark 4, 180°C, 350°F for 1 hour or until set (should only take about 15-30 mins depending how much you make)
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Plain Biscuits (if you like, you can add bits of fruit or vegetables)
3 cups wholemeal flour
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 beaten egg
3/4 cup soya milk
Beat the egg and then whisk in the soya milk and oil. Stir in the flour until you have a firm dough. Knead a little then roll into sheets that are around 1cm thick. Place onto a baking tray and cook for abou 50minutes at Gas Mark 3, 170°C, 325°F. When cooked and hardened, cool a little then cut into small squares. Keep in an airtight container.
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Scones
100g self raising flour
1tbsp soya margarine
soya milk
2 tbsp selected ingredient (see suggestions below)
1. Rub the soya margarine into the flour until it resembles fine bread-crumbs.
2. Add enough soya milk to form a dough.
3. Add selected ingredient.
4. Work dough for a few minutes with the selected ingredients in (helps to evenly distribute the ingredients)
5. Roll out and cut into shapes.
6. Bake in preheated oven Gas Mark 8, 450°F, 230°C until turning golden.
Suggested ingredients:
1 Apple, grated
1 carrot, grated
2 tbsp peas
1 banana, mashed
2tbsp dried fruit (check what they have been preserved in)
or any other favourites
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Veggie Burgers
Chop or grate all your fid's favourite veg, mix it together with grated wholemeal breadcrumbs, garlic and a beaten egg to bind. Put small spoonfulls into a frying pan to cook. (use a tiny bit of olive oil if necessary).
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Stuffed Peppers
Slice the top off a pepper and carefully remove the seeds and white pith. Stuff with a fid friendly filling, such as cooked rice and vegetables. Either serve raw or bake for approximately 30mins in a fairly hot over (Gas Mark 5, 190°C, 375°F). Serve whole to a large colony (you may need to make more than one depending on how many birds you have) or cut in half / quaters for smaller groups.
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Stuffed Apple
Take an apple and cut the top off, then scoop out the inside (like you do with a pumpkin). Cut up other yummy fruit and veg, then take some cereals (cornflakes, weetabix, oats) and mix together with the yummy food and a little water. Stuff the filling into the apple and feed to your fids.
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theres a few more, but i dont want to make this thread too long! if any of you give them a try, let us know how they turned out, what you added in, and if your fids loved them.
have fun!
** All measurements are in ounces or grams, not both, im not clever enough to convert them into the opposite. so sorry
**
'Rat' Cake / Fid Cake (i made this cake, and i halved the ingredients that im writing here, and it made enough for two rats and a fid (cut into 8ths) to have a nice piece each. was enough for two days with 1 piece each and some left over.)
6oz rat food (adjust)
2oz olive oil (some of this can be substitued with cod liver oil or salmopet)
2 large eggs
3oz self raising wholemeal flour
3oz sweetcorn
milk (only a tiny bit needed, if any)
Sunflower seeds - or try dried fruit, nuts, cornmeal, porridge oats.
Mix together with milk to make thick porridge consistency and put into a large greased lined baking tin and cook Gas mark 4, 180°C, 350°F for 1 hour or until set (should only take about 15-30 mins depending how much you make)
*****
Plain Biscuits (if you like, you can add bits of fruit or vegetables)
3 cups wholemeal flour
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 beaten egg
3/4 cup soya milk
Beat the egg and then whisk in the soya milk and oil. Stir in the flour until you have a firm dough. Knead a little then roll into sheets that are around 1cm thick. Place onto a baking tray and cook for abou 50minutes at Gas Mark 3, 170°C, 325°F. When cooked and hardened, cool a little then cut into small squares. Keep in an airtight container.
*****
Scones
100g self raising flour
1tbsp soya margarine
soya milk
2 tbsp selected ingredient (see suggestions below)
1. Rub the soya margarine into the flour until it resembles fine bread-crumbs.
2. Add enough soya milk to form a dough.
3. Add selected ingredient.
4. Work dough for a few minutes with the selected ingredients in (helps to evenly distribute the ingredients)
5. Roll out and cut into shapes.
6. Bake in preheated oven Gas Mark 8, 450°F, 230°C until turning golden.
Suggested ingredients:
1 Apple, grated
1 carrot, grated
2 tbsp peas
1 banana, mashed
2tbsp dried fruit (check what they have been preserved in)
or any other favourites
****
Veggie Burgers
Chop or grate all your fid's favourite veg, mix it together with grated wholemeal breadcrumbs, garlic and a beaten egg to bind. Put small spoonfulls into a frying pan to cook. (use a tiny bit of olive oil if necessary).
****
Stuffed Peppers
Slice the top off a pepper and carefully remove the seeds and white pith. Stuff with a fid friendly filling, such as cooked rice and vegetables. Either serve raw or bake for approximately 30mins in a fairly hot over (Gas Mark 5, 190°C, 375°F). Serve whole to a large colony (you may need to make more than one depending on how many birds you have) or cut in half / quaters for smaller groups.
****
Stuffed Apple
Take an apple and cut the top off, then scoop out the inside (like you do with a pumpkin). Cut up other yummy fruit and veg, then take some cereals (cornflakes, weetabix, oats) and mix together with the yummy food and a little water. Stuff the filling into the apple and feed to your fids.
****
theres a few more, but i dont want to make this thread too long! if any of you give them a try, let us know how they turned out, what you added in, and if your fids loved them.
have fun!
