Re: Kefer grains in Germany?

[Guest guest]

WOOT!! I found some. It only took a few hours to wait for a reply from our

homeschool group. I didn't even think of asking them first..lol I'm so

excited!

Just in case you're curious, milk kefir is called Milchkefir-Pilz in German.

I can hardly contain my joy! Now off to the farm for some wonderful milk!

BTW: if the milk is cold (they put it in a machine that slowly spins and chills

the raw milk so it doesn't separate) should I let it warm before putting the

kefir in?

Thank you so much. woot!! I'm running out the door!

[Guest guest]

Cold milk is fine. I envy you with farm fresh milk!! Enjoy! Joyce

Simmerman

[Guest guest]

Cold milk is not fine. There is a window of time when the milk is still too

cold to get the kefir grains to culture but warm enough to get possibly

nasty stuff to grow. Warm the milk first to room temp. I use a hot water

bath on the jars of milk for 15 minutes. That brings it to room temperature.

Marilyn

On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Joyce M. Simmerman

<nativelegal@...>wrote:

> Cold milk is fine. I envy you with farm fresh milk!! Enjoy! Joyce

> Simmerman

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[Guest guest]

Huh. I've always used milk right from the fridge and I have more grains that

I know what to do with! I'm trying to get my dogs to eat them. They grow

like crazy and will make kefir in 8 to 12 hours. I use raw milk, maybe that

makes a difference.

Samala,

-------Original Message-------

Cold milk is not fine. There is a window of time when the milk is still too

cold to get the kefir grains to culture but warm enough to get possibly

nasty stuff to grow. Warm the milk first to room temp. I use a hot water

bath on the jars of milk for 15 minutes. That brings it to room temperature.

[Guest guest]

I use always cold milk, and my grains growing like a crazy!!! is nothing wrong

with cold milk.

Azi

Re: Re: Kefer grains in Germany?

Huh. I've always used milk right from the fridge and I have more grains that

I know what to do with! I'm trying to get my dogs to eat them. They grow

like crazy and will make kefir in 8 to 12 hours. I use raw milk, maybe that

makes a difference.

Samala,

-------Original Message-------

Cold milk is not fine. There is a window of time when the milk is still too

cold to get the kefir grains to culture but warm enough to get possibly

nasty stuff to grow. Warm the milk first to room temp. I use a hot water

bath on the jars of milk for 15 minutes. That brings it to room temperature.

[Guest guest]

I never said the kefir grains wouldn't grow. Growth is not the indication if

the right bacteria are in there. Milk grows any kind of bacteria.

Marilyn

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Aziyade <

naziyade_carrillo@...> wrote:

> I use always cold milk, and my grains growing like a crazy!!! is nothing

> wrong with cold milk.

> Azi

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[Guest guest]

Marilyn-

Can you please go into more detail about this? I have also been using cold milk.

What bacteria are we looking for and how do we know if it's present?

Thank you

Re: Re: Kefer grains in Germany?

I never said the kefir grains wouldn't grow. Growth is not the indication if

the right bacteria are in there. Milk grows any kind of bacteria.

Marilyn

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[Guest guest]

You can tell by the taste that something isn't right. I'm not saying that

this will happen to everyone who uses milk from the refrigerator. But if

something doesn't taste right, examine your procedure.

Marilyn

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:46 PM, <momtoeandp@...> wrote:

> Marilyn-

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> Can you please go into more detail about this? I have also been using cold

> milk. What bacteria are we looking for and how do we know if it's present?

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> Thank you

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