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Bird cake recipe: Mix 225 g of melted lard 450g of seeds, nuts, oatmeal, cheese, dried fruits and scraps, and leave to set in yogurt pots or halved coconut shells, through the base of which a string has been threaded. Hang these feeders in the trees, but sprinkle some broken "cake" on the ground as well - many birds prefer to feed this way. Dont forget the fresh water.

8 teaspoons pomegranate syrup 450 ml chilled ginger ale 8 maraschino cherries with stems. 4 strips lemon zest Into each champagne glasses, spoon 2 teaspoons of pomegranate and fill with ginger ale. Stir, then drop two cherries and add one strip of zest into each glass.

450 ml cranberry juice 450 ml pineapple juice 225 ml orange juice 225 ml strawberries, hulled and sliced 1 lime, thinly sliced 900 ml ginger ale chilled ice cubes Makes about 2.5 litres In a large container, combine the juices, strawberries, lime slices. Chill throughly.Just before serving, slowly stir in the ginger ale. Pour into a punch bowl and add ice cubes. For a less sweet punch, substitute soda water or sparkling mineral water for the ginger ale.