Angela, You said you make yogurt and heat to 108. When I make yogurt I have always heated to 120 and held there for about 30 min (everything I found said 118,...
Thank you all so much for your thought and input. (I was away on vacation so I didn't get back to you sooner) Anyway, I have been considering everything...
I heat the raw milk in a double boiler after the water boils. Then I remove it immediately upon reaching the temp. Then, I whisk in about 1 - 2 tablespoons...
Angela, Thanks so much for the response. DO you know of anyway to get a thicker yogurt without holding at a certain temp and without the powdered milk? I...
The only way I think you could satisfy this and still have a raw pure product is to strain it in cheese cloth till desired thickness. The whey would make a...
Speaking of yogurt, last night I was watching CNN and they aired a story on dangerous food products in China. They claimed much of the milk there cannot be...
Brenda- How about adding a bit of gelatin to which some hot milk has been added? After the gelatin milk cools but before it jells, you could mix it with the...
I can't say for China, but I switched to organic milk because the kefir grains wouldn't grow in non-organic. I guess the amount of antibiotic left over was...
IMO, China has gone a long way to clean up their act. Yesterday they executed the head of their FDA. Now, that's a statement! The American FDA still will not...
Hey Ed, That's very interesting and scary! Did they really execute the head of their FDA? If so I hope they don't feed him to their cattle! Does anyone know...
Hi fellow culturers, I'm fairly new to Microbial Nutrition but have met some of you wonderfully helpful folks on other health, plants, or pet forums. I've ...
... My perspective, from an American who has been restricted from giving blood solely on my 1 year residence in the UK back in the early 1990s, is that I think...
I've added a bit of gelatin to kefir with good results. Just be sure it's well dissolved in hot water, cooled down and then added. [Non-text portions of this...
Add some water, let it soak. Then pour off the water. Repeat til it tastes right. Seriously, salt is easy to get rid of. In the old-time recipes, they ate a ...
... I had a similar experience. First, I was using regular bulk-produced supermarket milk, and the kefir was getting along just fine. I tried using some...
... As Heather recommends, you can soak and rinse to remove much of the salt. However, you could also just start another batch for "eating" sauerkraut, and use...
Ok here is the question that I keep forgetting to ask- standard Knox type gelatin- healthy food or poisonus food??? I remember people being up in arms about...
From the Westin A Price website, here is an excerpt about commercial gelatin: "Most commercial gelatins today are brewed exclusively from pigskins or cowhide...
First of all, Sorry for the excess space at hte bottom of my post which showed in hte reply- my kids must have been hitting enter and I didn't notice. Ok, so...
Has anyone ever tried making yogurt from kefir? I found, hmm I guess I will call them directions for an experiment, maybe a recipe for kefir yogurt where you...
Hi Brenda, I don't know why you would need to heat kefir grains and destroy all the goodness that they contain. I would try blending them and adding them...
Hey Dom, Thanks for setting me straight. I didn't think about kefir and yoghurt organisms competing! I guess I'd rather just take my yoghurt and kefir ...
Thanks guys. I Was actually hoping the kefir gel that was mentioned would make the yogurt thicker. When I make my homemade yogurt I add powdered milk and...
Brenda, It has been several years since I made yogurt, so I am a little fuzzy on the details of exactly what I did. I know I used organic milk, though not raw...
... http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Ginger_beer ... Bugger all, if you ferment for about 12 hours and then bottle. Bugger all = you'd probably need to...
Hi Kathy, I have not tried this myself yet but on other boards, some folks ferment orange juice with kefir grains. Supposedly it ferments in about a day or so...
I have made kefir yogurt a couple of ways. The easiest is to make a batch of kefir the usual way, allow it to develop until the whey seperates. Drain off the...
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