Re: water kefir drinks from milk grains?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Milk grains will never " turn into " water grains. However, you can convert

milk grains to a water medium. (Use only milk grains you can spare because

they can never go back into milk and be successful.) You will need about two

tablespoons of well rinsed healthy milk grains. Try this recipe:

kefir grains

1 quart water

1/2 lemon slice

1/3 cup sugar

piece of ginger

a few figs or apricots.

Leave for 48 hours. Remove solids and strain no matter what happens. Put

your grains in a new solution. Leave for another 48 hours at room temp. You

are getting them acclimated to a new food medium. This time it might taste a

little better. Keep feeding them like this every 48 hours tweaking the

recipe if you want. Let us know how it tastes after the third batch or so.

Thanks,

Marilyn

On 1/3/07, Arlinghaus <erinarlinghaus@...> wrote:

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> Newbie here. I have been culturing milk kefir for about 2 months.

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> I tried to use my milk kefir grains to make a fizzy water kefir " soda " by

> adding to a sugar solution as instructed in Sally Fallon's books, but

> nothing happened. I guess I don't really know how this is supposed to

> work. Can anyone give me a quick tutorial on turning milk grains into water

> grains?

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for your advice. A couple more questions...

>Milk grains will never " turn into " water grains. However, you can convert

>milk grains to a water medium....

OK then - what is the difference between water kefir grains and milk grains that

have been converted to a water medium?

> (Use only milk grains you can spare because

>they can never go back into milk and be successful.) You will need about two

>tablespoons of well rinsed healthy milk grains.

If my milk grains are large, marble sized or bigger for instance, so that just

1-3 lumps are 2 tablespoons' worth, do I need to break them into smaller pieces

to do this? Or is there enough surface area available if I just put the

" marbles " into the jar?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

On 1/3/07, Arlinghaus <erinarlinghaus@...> wrote:

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> Thanks for your advice. A couple more questions...

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> >Milk grains will never " turn into " water grains. However, you can convert

> >milk grains to a water medium....

>

> OK then - what is the difference between water kefir grains and milk

> grains that have been converted to a water medium?

Water grains are a completely different culture. They look different and

they multiply in a sugar water medium. Converted milk grains will not

increase.

> (Use only milk grains you can spare because

> >they can never go back into milk and be successful.) You will need about

> two

> >tablespoons of well rinsed healthy milk grains.

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> If my milk grains are large, marble sized or bigger for instance, so that

> just 1-3 lumps are 2 tablespoons' worth, do I need to break them into

> smaller pieces to do this? Or is there enough surface area available if I

> just put the " marbles " into the jar?

I don't know. I wouldn't break them up because 3 lumps will be easier to

handle than a bunch of little ones. It sounds like you don't even need a

strainer. If there isn't enough surface area, you'd just let them sit an

extra day. You might not have to so watch your brew.

Marilyn

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