Guest guest Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Hello all, I am looking for kefir grains, please share some with me if you have them. Thanks, viola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 What are kefir grains? Can you describe a little? Helen - " viola " <Viola816 <RawSeattle > Friday, September 03, 2004 10:07 AM [RawSeattle] kefir grains > Hello all, > I am looking for kefir grains, please share some with me if you have them. > > Thanks, > viola > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 Kefir grains are colonies of micro organisms living together [symbiotically] to form a polysaccharide mass, which grows and forms into lumps similar in appearance to boiled cauliflower rosettes. Grain size varies from the size of wheat kernels to that of a golf ball or larger. Once placed in fresh milk, the grains [also called mother-culture], transform the milk into kefir in about 24 hours. The same grains (or culture) are used for the next batch, and so on. While yogurt usually contains only two or three strains of bacteria, kefir contains a much wider variety of friendly micro organisms http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html Helen <helensy wrote:What are kefir grains? Can you describe a little? Helen - " viola " <Viola816 <RawSeattle > Friday, September 03, 2004 10:07 AM [RawSeattle] kefir grains > Hello all, > I am looking for kefir grains, please share some with me if you have them. > > Thanks, > viola > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 I was an avid user of kefir grains about 20 years ago. I'm returning to healthier diet and wonder if anyone knows if kefir is still considered to be a healthy drink. M Kefir grains are colonies of micro organisms living together [symbiotically] to form a polysaccharide mass, which grows and forms into lumps similar in appearance to boiled cauliflower rosettes. Grain size varies from the size of wheat kernels to that of a golf ball or larger. Once placed in fresh milk, the grains [also called mother-culture], transform the milk into kefir in about 24 hours. The same grains (or culture) are used for the next batch, and so on. While yogurt usually contains only two or three strains of bacteria, kefir contains a much wider variety of friendly micro organisms http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html Helen <helensy wrote:What are kefir grains? Can you describe a little? Helen - " viola " <Viola816 <RawSeattle > Friday, September 03, 2004 10:07 AM [RawSeattle] kefir grains > Hello all, > I am looking for kefir grains, please share some with me if you have them. > > Thanks, > viola > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 I got today some kefir grains, thanks to everybody who replied on my post. When I was washing them I saw that some of them have something pink inside, actually red like blood, so I throw away those with red. Is that some kind of illness? viola <Viola816 wrote:Hello all, I am looking for kefir grains, please share some with me if you have them. Thanks, viola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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