Re: My unintentional experiment with milk kefir grains!

[Guest guest]

All I can say is wow!!!

Al

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From: Sherre

Sent: Dec 1, 2011 10:54 AM

Subject: My unintentional experiment with milk kefir grains!

I posted a month ago about how robust my water kefir grains were, even

after unintentionally neglectingt them. Now, I'm posting about my few little

milk grains. I have not made milk kefir for a while now, but had lots of mason

jars of kefir sitting in the refrigerator. They were several months old and

were too pungeunt for me to tolerate. So......I decided to take a bath with

kefir in the water, and doused over my hair and face. Surely there is some

benefit in that. My baths are VERY hot (scalding as my husband says).

Well, after soaking for an hour and then draining the tub, I noticed something

did not drain. THEY WERE MILK KEFIR GRAINS! I did not realize that the few

bottles of kefir I dumped into the HOT bath water included the jar of grains

that were resting in the refrigerator! OH NO!

Well, surely they were killed by that LONG HOT BATH! I decided to do an

experiment. I placed them in raw milk, as usual, but when I left town for

Thanksgiving, I forgot to pack them, so they sat in that milk for 5 days! When

I came home, there were curds and whey. So I strained the grains and gave them

fresh milk. The next day, there was the smoothest kefir I think they had ever

made!

WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? I think we all get too paranoid about whether something

has killed our grains, when these little guys are much stronger than we

sometimes give them credit for!

Sherre Vacek

[Guest guest]

cool story, Sherre.

But you didn't tell us how your hair and skin liked the kefir bath.

ie

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From: Sherre <sherre_vacek@...>

Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2011 9:54 AM

Subject: My unintentional experiment with milk kefir grains!

 

I posted a month ago about how robust my water kefir grains were, even after

unintentionally neglectingt them. Now, I'm posting about my few little milk

grains. I have not made milk kefir for a while now, but had lots of mason jars

of kefir sitting in the refrigerator. They were several months old and were too

pungeunt for me to tolerate. So......I decided to take a bath with kefir in the

water, and doused over my hair and face. Surely there is some benefit in that.

My baths are VERY hot (scalding as my husband says).

Well, after soaking for an hour and then draining the tub, I noticed something

did not drain. THEY WERE MILK KEFIR GRAINS! I did not realize that the few

bottles of kefir I dumped into the HOT bath water included the jar of grains

that were resting in the refrigerator! OH NO!

Well, surely they were killed by that LONG HOT BATH! I decided to do an

experiment. I placed them in raw milk, as usual, but when I left town for

Thanksgiving, I forgot to pack them, so they sat in that milk for 5 days! When

I came home, there were curds and whey. So I strained the grains and gave them

fresh milk. The next day, there was the smoothest kefir I think they had ever

made!

WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? I think we all get too paranoid about whether something

has killed our grains, when these little guys are much stronger than we

sometimes give them credit for!

Sherre Vacek

[Guest guest]

Sherre,

What a story! You must have the cleanest grains on the planet! I took a

break for 3 days, leaving my Kefir grains in milk in the refrigerator.

They soured the milk but didn't fully thicken it (I'm not sure what to do

with the product). The Kefir lived through the refrigeration and is back

on the counter making great kefir. Patty

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Sherre <sherre_vacek@...> wrote:

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>

>

> I posted a month ago about how robust my water kefir grains were, even

> after unintentionally neglectingt them. Now, I'm posting about my few

> little milk grains. I have not made milk kefir for a while now, but had

> lots of mason jars of kefir sitting in the refrigerator. They were several

> months old and were too pungeunt for me to tolerate. So......I decided to

> take a bath with kefir in the water, and doused over my hair and face.

> Surely there is some benefit in that. My baths are VERY hot (scalding as my

> husband says).

>

> Well, after soaking for an hour and then draining the tub, I noticed

> something did not drain. THEY WERE MILK KEFIR GRAINS! I did not realize

> that the few bottles of kefir I dumped into the HOT bath water included the

> jar of grains that were resting in the refrigerator! OH NO!

>

> Well, surely they were killed by that LONG HOT BATH! I decided to do an

> experiment. I placed them in raw milk, as usual, but when I left town for

> Thanksgiving, I forgot to pack them, so they sat in that milk for 5 days!

> When I came home, there were curds and whey. So I strained the grains and

> gave them fresh milk. The next day, there was the smoothest kefir I think

> they had ever made!

>

> WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? I think we all get too paranoid about whether

> something has killed our grains, when these little guys are much stronger

> than we sometimes give them credit for!

>

> Sherre Vacek

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Honestly, my hair and skin are no different, but, I will continue to experiment

to see if there is any lasting difference!

Sherre Vacek

>

> cool story, Sherre.

> But you didn't tell us how your hair and skin liked the kefir bath.

> ie

>

>

>

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> From: Sherre <sherre_vacek@...>

>

> Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2011 9:54 AM

> Subject: My unintentional experiment with milk kefir

grains!

>

>

>  

> I posted a month ago about how robust my water kefir grains were, even after

unintentionally neglectingt them. Now, I'm posting about my few little milk

grains. I have not made milk kefir for a while now, but had lots of mason jars

of kefir sitting in the refrigerator. They were several months old and were too

pungeunt for me to tolerate. So......I decided to take a bath with kefir in the

water, and doused over my hair and face. Surely there is some benefit in that.

My baths are VERY hot (scalding as my husband says).

>

> Well, after soaking for an hour and then draining the tub, I noticed something

did not drain. THEY WERE MILK KEFIR GRAINS! I did not realize that the few

bottles of kefir I dumped into the HOT bath water included the jar of grains

that were resting in the refrigerator! OH NO!

>

> Well, surely they were killed by that LONG HOT BATH! I decided to do an

experiment. I placed them in raw milk, as usual, but when I left town for

Thanksgiving, I forgot to pack them, so they sat in that milk for 5 days! When

I came home, there were curds and whey. So I strained the grains and gave them

fresh milk. The next day, there was the smoothest kefir I think they had ever

made!

>

> WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? I think we all get too paranoid about whether something

has killed our grains, when these little guys are much stronger than we

sometimes give them credit for!

>

> Sherre Vacek

>

>

>

>

>