Re: Re: home vs store bought kefir [Strain & eat the curds like cottage cheese]

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You can always strain through muslin or some such thin cotton cloth until

it is as thick as you like and either discard the whey or use it in some

other beneficial way. Once you learn how to tell from the outside of the

jar, the ratio of grains to milk, and the taste what it looks like WHEN

you like it .. just keep that in mind and you'll have it. There are so

many wonderful ways to enjoy it. Joyce Simmerman

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> The first store-bought kefir I had was a peach kefir and it was heavenly!

> But it is expensive. I would pour it in a cup and eat it with a spoon to

> savor it! It is organic and it says it has like billions of probiotics,

> and milk made from grass fed cows. It had organic peaches in it and Agave

> for sweetener. I really don't know how " fair dinkum " it is to tell the

> truth! They don't say they use real grains, so I wonder. It sort of has

> the consistency of yogurt that has been liquified with milk. Anyway, I

> love my new kefir grains and will keep trying to get it the way I like it.

> I just wondered if it will ever be thick, and everyone says yes, so I

> will keep trying.

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> Thanks for your answers everyone!

> jamlpp

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>> I started making my own kefir with real grains and I find that it does

>> not taste like or have the consistency of store-bought kefir at all. I

>> thought it would be like the store bought, no? Is this what real kefir

>> is like? It is a lot thinner and quite tart. I like it and like the

>> benefits I will get, but wondered what they do to make store bought so

>> thick? "

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>> Dear Jam Plop,

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>> I read your post with interest, as we don't have store bought Kefir

>> here in Oz (being a less developed society!)

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>> Perhaps it is like yogurt? We have yogurt making insulation packs here

>> (back in the 70s there were electric ones by an outfit called Breville,

>> sort of like Sunbeam USA) - however the yogurt that one makes with

>> these, is usually distincitvely different to what is in the shops -

>> more like the native yogurts of Turkey, Iran, India and similar. Ie

>> more authentic. Store bought yogurt here, has gelatin and God knows

>> what in it, like vegetable gums, to make it thick - maybe your store

>> kefir is like that?

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>> Do you have any way of assessing how fair dinkum

>> (authentic) your store bought kefir is - I mean dya know

>> how much probiotics you are likely getting?...so that you

>> know you are not being ripped off (conned).

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>> besties,

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>> Lizzie in Australia

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