too much kefir

[Guest guest]

Go ahead and put them into the refrigerator if you want. A better plan would

be to get rid of all the kefir grains you don't need. Be brutal. They will

grow back soon enough.

Marilyn

On 6/16/07, hiswatermark52 <hiswatermark52@...> wrote:

>

> Sometimes I feel like I need to take a day off from drinking my kefir.

> After I've made a new batch, is it ok to put it in the frig. to slow

> the culture time down? Then when I want to resume (in a day) it'll be

> ready. It's just me and I just drink it twice a day so I don't want to

> have an overabundance that I can't use. Also, will that coldness in the

> frig mess up any of the process?

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Marilyn and all,

I am happy to be a part of this group. I just received my grains and made my

first batch, and it is delicious.

My question is this: I get fresh, raw goatmilk every week from a drop off site

in my neighborhood in seattle. I make cheese from it, as I used to do with raw

cow's milk, however, goat milk is better for my digestion these days and I like

this milk.

The thing is that this milk is not cheap. And with kefir, it looks like you

have to pretty much make it every day, or store it for a while in the fridge,

changing the milk. It would be my dream to have a milking goat, but it is just

not possible right now. So using all this expensive milk to make kefir every

day is just too much.

Is there a way I can make Kefir every week? I really cannot drink more than a

quart a week. Alternatively, can I keep my kefir grains alive in my cheese

whey? I always have a lot left over.

Thank you!

-kate

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Don't think of your kefir grains as just " keeping them alive " . You want them to

thrive so they give probiotically all they can give. This won't happen if you

think of them in terms of storage. So make 3/4 of a cup per day by getting rid

of 75% of your kefir grains. First freeze a back up. Give some to a neighbor and

eat the rest.

Marilyn

[Guest guest]

Marilyn,

What is they best way to package the grains for freezing?

In milk? in a tupperware container?

Thanks,

Rosy

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I don't know the best way. I just strain and freeze in a jar. I don't rinse. I

don't add milk.

Marilyn