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5255 Tiffany Glock
jumpin.jehos... Send Email
Dec 1, 2010
12:32 pm
My kefir is always in the refrigerator--after it's been made of course--once the 24 hours are up, I remove the grains, then stir and pour the kefir into a ...
5256 Good_Kefir_Grains@yah... Send Email Dec 1, 2010
12:54 pm
There are very few requirements here and nothing hard. Keep to the topic of water kefir or milk kefir. We have an off topic chat group for everything else you...
5257 Teresita
teretorre Send Email
Dec 1, 2010
8:08 pm
I make rice milk kefir with WATER kefir grains. Rice milk is not a true milk and contains no lactose which is what the milk kefir grains eat. Water kefir...
5258 Stephanie McGuirk
sthumming Send Email
Dec 1, 2010
10:15 pm
Mine tastes a little better (gets a nice tang) if it gets to stay a little longer than 24 hours. Then I refrigerate it....
5259 Lydia
lsweed Send Email
Dec 1, 2010
11:24 pm
Is water kefir a grain like milk kefir? Some one gave me a "packet" of something to make water kefir with. And REAL complicated directions. Not like milk kefir...
5260 Robin
cokelush1 Send Email
Dec 2, 2010
1:36 am
I wondered about that so when I did this batch I added several pinches of sugar so the blob would have something to eat. {Vanilla rice milk contains a sugar...
5261 Mariah
happyheartmo... Send Email
Dec 2, 2010
3:05 am
For some reason, I feel we are keeping a dying tradition alive, most people I speak with have never heard of Kefir. My next project will be to make Kefir...
5262 Teresita
teretorre Send Email
Dec 2, 2010
6:11 pm
I Kefirize vanilla rice milk. I actually like the vanilla taste. I add a drop of coconut extract and I love it. Maybe I've gotten used to it! But I also brew...
5263 Teresita
teretorre Send Email
Dec 2, 2010
6:12 pm
Water kefir is just like milk kefir just grainer and more transluscent. It ferments on my counter just like the milk kefir does. Nothing complicated. It just...
5264 Teresita
teretorre Send Email
Dec 2, 2010
6:12 pm
Yes! Its one of my favorites! Here is a picture my hubby took of my first batch! http://www.flickr.com/photos/organicphoto/4469917639/ You just put kefir in a...
5265 Tiffany Glock
jumpin.jehos... Send Email
Dec 2, 2010
6:18 pm
Now that's just a funny thing. I was thinking about making kefir cheese also. I have never done it but I'm very interested in doing this. ¸.·´*...
5266 Devra Waterman
devrawaterman Send Email
Dec 2, 2010
8:21 pm
I've done this multiple times but the cheese is VERY flavorful, unlike "normal" cream cheese. Anyone have any advice for that? Oh, I actually add in extra...
5267 jasher8 tds.net
jennasix Send Email
Dec 2, 2010
8:27 pm
I made cheese that was way too sour/tangy for my taste,too! Any advice is appreciated :) Jenn ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
5268 Lori Clemmons
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Dec 3, 2010
3:55 am
Or do I just need to be a bit more patient? Life kinda got away from me and they were left sitting for several weeks. I dumped out kefir/vinegar water they...
5269 loriclemmons Send Email Dec 3, 2010
3:56 am
Or do I just need to be a bit more patient? Life kinda got away from me and they were left sitting for several weeks. I dumped out kefir/vinegar water they...
5270 Tiffany Glock
jumpin.jehos... Send Email
Dec 3, 2010
4:41 am
I looked around a bit for something on kefir cheese and found this site. It sounds involved but still neat. I love fetta cheese. I wonder if I would love ...
5271 Robin
cokelush1 Send Email
Dec 3, 2010
4:42 am
I have heard that by Kefir-ing non-dairy milks the kefir will not continue to actually grow, but it will kefir them. I have heard others say that theirs did...
5272 Marilyn Kefirlady
marilynjarz Send Email
Dec 3, 2010
2:04 pm
Remember that with aging, all sourness turns to sharpness. Age your cheese at 55 degrees for a couple months and the cheese will not be sour any more and will...
5273 jankeeling18 Send Email Dec 3, 2010
6:28 pm
Where do you age your cheese, Marilyn? How do you keep it at 55 degrees? Do you cover it while it's aging? Thank you! Jan...
5274 Teresita
teretorre Send Email
Dec 3, 2010
6:28 pm
I too find the kefir cheese to be very flavorful. I happen to like it. Its delicious on bagels. I don't know what to do to reduce the gaminess of it other than...
5275 Teresita
teretorre Send Email
Dec 3, 2010
6:28 pm
When you dumped out the old kefir, did you keep some of the liquid to start your new batch or did you only keep your grains?   ...
5276 Tanya
jdpro2002 Send Email
Dec 3, 2010
7:20 pm
I have found that rinsing the grains helps. You can rinse the grains between batches. Also make sure your recipe is 1 TB grains and 1 TB sugar per 1 C water....
5277 Tanya
jdpro2002 Send Email
Dec 5, 2010
3:04 pm
I have milk grains available in Phoenix AZ, if anyone needs some. Tanya [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
5278 Tiffany
jumpin.jehos... Send Email
Dec 6, 2010
3:37 pm
Hello all, Since we were talking about making things with kefir I thought I'd ask this question. A soup recipe I am making calls for creme fraiche. The recipe...
5279 Marilyn Kefirlady
marilynjarz Send Email
Dec 6, 2010
8:47 pm
I have a small refrigerator I use for my cheese "cave". I keep it warmer than 40, closer to 55. After the cheese has formed a skin I vacuum seal it. It ages...
5280 Marilyn Kefirlady
marilynjarz Send Email
Dec 6, 2010
8:58 pm
You are making cultured cream, which will work fine for your soup recipe. You can certainly use kefir for the culture in place of buttermilk. But it is not...
5281 Marilyn Kefirlady
marilynjarz Send Email
Dec 6, 2010
9:02 pm
Hi Robin, I got my kefir grains to grow in coconut milk. That is the only non-dairy milk I got them to grow in. Kombucha cultures left in the refrigerator will...
5282 Robin
cokelush1 Send Email
Dec 6, 2010
9:12 pm
Thanks Marilyn! I had no idea. :) I'd be willing to try coconut milk if I can find it. The type in a can might work? And do you think I could move my blob from...
5283 Marilyn Kefirlady
marilynjarz Send Email
Dec 6, 2010
9:47 pm
Hi Robin, Definitely get the scoby out of cold storage and keep it at room temp from now on. All you can do is try it and see as far as your kefir grains are...
5284 Joyce M. Simmerman
natvlegl Send Email
Dec 7, 2010
1:23 am
On one of the Kombucha forums one of the participants had a link to a site about "ecouterre&quot; .. a U.K. Designer who is a sentior reserch fellow .. makes her...
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