Water grains for milk Kefir?

[Guest guest]

That experience adds fuel to my speculation re. origins of kefir ...

could that in fact have been manna?

As the verses of the different translations of the Bible show, it seemed

to appear after the dew left, left as a small round thing similar to

hoar frost or coriander seed in size/shape, and was obviously very

nourishing but they would have to eat of it every day. It could be kept

for generations to come, although it further records that it did not

come down anymore after they reached Canaan ... IF it was water kefir

grains they might have possibly kept on reproducting " for generations "

from that initial seeding because it was to be kept for future generations.

I believe it is conceivable that water kefir grains, especially with

certain waters, might become thick when developed so it might be like

tiny breads although obviously not like our baked breads.

King version Exodus 13-15: ^13 And it came to pass, that at even

the quails came up, and covered the camp: and*in the morning the dew lay

round about* the host.

^14 And *when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the

wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar fros*t on

the ground.

^15 And when the children of Israel saw it,*they said one to another, It

is manna: for they wist not what it was*. And Moses said unto them, This

is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

New International version Biblical ref:

EX. 16:31: " .... It was white like coriander seed and tasted like

wafers made with honey. "

EX. 16:32 " .... keep it for the generations to come, so they can see

the bread I gave you to eat in the desert when I brought you out of

Egypt.' "

Ex. 16.:35: " The Israelites ate *manna* forty years, until they came to

a land that was settled; they ate *manna* until they reached the border

of Canaan.:

Numbers 11:6: " But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything

but this *manna*! "

Numbers 11:7 " The *manna* was like coriander seed and looked like resin. "

Numbers 11:9 " When the dew settled on the camp at night, the *manna*

also came down. "

*Bible Concordance :: Manna

<http://www.gospel.com/bookmarks/Bible-Concordance-Manna/3122>

Means " What is it? " . Manna was the name the Israelites gave the special

food God provided to them in the desert. It was a white, bread-like,

sweet-tasting food that would show up on the ground in the morning. * *

http://biblica.com/niv/appendix/concordance_resultsingle.php?rowid=72

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*Ours in wonderment at kefir ... a wonder food! Joyce Simmerman

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