anyone have milk grains to share in Sacramento/Vacaville/Woodland CA area?

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Hi everyone,

I'm not new to kefir culture, but I lost my grains to a hot water

spill and am seeking new ones from anyone within decent driving

range in the central California valley. I prefer to come pick them

up rather than deal with mail delivery with the weather already hot here. I got

my original grains from a friend in southern California.

I now live in , so closest areas are the Sacramento/Woodland/Vacaville

range. I'm new to this list and have enjoyed all the interesting questions and

helpful comments being posted. I never knew about water kefir before; that

sounds interesting, too.

I haven't seen an answer to an earlier question posed about whether one can

develop milk grains from commercially available freeze-dried powder kefir. I've

been trying it because this is the only form I could find nearby from the local

food co-op, but so far it's slow going. I'm not sure I have any real grains. I

just use the thickest portion of the cultured kefir milk left in the strainer to

start the next batch. Yesterday I switched from low-fat milk to whole milk

because I think grains grow better and faster in the higher fat content. I sure

miss having the grains!

Can anyone confirm that higher fat, like whole milk, works better? For weight

maintenance and heart health purposes, I try to avoid high fat dairy products.

I never had a problem culturing milk kefir grains in 1-2% milk, or even fat

free, for that matter. But the grains did not expand much when using the fat

free milk.

I would be happy to trade something for the milk

kefir grains, depending on a person's interests.

Thanks, everyone!