Guest guest Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Hi Jill. Truly kefir is a miracle food, I believe. It keeps 30 days or so in the fridge for me. It tastes like a mild, pleasantly sour buttermilk. Raw milk kefir has been the best thing I've EVER done for my health. I used to have chronic urinary tract infections. They were SOOO painful and I would get about one every 2 months. My flora was out of balance "down there" in my plumbing. Too much yeast and not enough good bacteria to fight off e-coli. The e-coli would travel up the pipes and cause infections in that weakened area. And of course, conventional urologists put me straight onto antibiotics. It was destroying my health. So sad. After I started drinking kefir smoothies ever morning about a year ago, they stopped completely. I haven't had an infection since. There have several incidences also where people around me were food poisoned by sandwiches and things, say, at church pot lucks. I, however, did not get sick. I fully attribute my strong immune system now to the kefir. I also ferment and drink kombucha tea and sauerkraut. I also eat really raw honey and coconut oil, raw butter, raw cream, raw eggs, and raw milk. I eat my meat rare to raw. I will have the occasional salad as well. But I attribute my healing to kefir. That about sums it up. Bless you, jms0715 wrote: Hello All; I've been doing alot of reading about making Kefir from raw milk. I'm wondering how people feel about Kefir in general....Do you like it? How does it taste? How does it make you feel? How long does it usually keep? It seems like it would be a healthy addition to my diet, but I'm just trying to get a sense from some people who actually use it. Thanks so much for your help. Sincerely; Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Hi ; Wow, thanks for the info. I feel so inspired now!! One more question....some of the things I have been reading seem to say that the type of Kefir grains you use makes a big difference in the quality of your kefir. Do you feel this is the case? I love hearing about all the raw food people are eating. I'm now eating raw dairy, eggs, lots of veggies and am slowly working up to the fermented dairy and veggies. The dairy is thus far amazing. Thanks much. Hope you are well. Sincerely; Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Hi Amy, All I charge is for shipping. I ship via Fedex overnight and it can run anywhere from $15 to $25 depending on where you live. Just let me know off list, you full address and phone and I can get you a quote. Happy to help. Amy Lee Waters wrote: , I would love to have some of your kefir grains. What do I need to do to get them? Will DFACS be making a home visit to be sure that I will be a good parent? LOL Amy Waters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 , I would love to get some grains from you as well. How do we do this? -----Original Message----- From: Dady Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 3:12 PM To: RawDairy Subject: Re: Re: Kefir Hi Amy, All I charge is for shipping. I ship via Fedex overnight and it can run anywhere from $15 to $25 depending on where you live. Just let me know off list, you full address and phone and I can get you a quote. Happy to help. Amy Lee Waters wrote: , I would love to have some of your kefir grains. What do I need to do to get them? Will DFACS be making a home visit to be sure that I will be a good parent? LOL Amy Waters PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING! Check out these links! Midvalleyvu Farms http://www.midvalleyvu.com The Weston A. Price Foundation: http://www.westonaprice.org The Untold Story of Milk http://www.drrons.com/untoldstoryofmilk.html Please visit our Raw Dairy files for a wealth of information: FILES: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/ Database: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/database Recipes: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/database?method=reportRows & tbl=1 Contact List: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/database?method=reportRows & tbl=2 Photos: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/lst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2004 Report Share Posted March 8, 2004 Hey , Just email me your name, address, and phone off list and I can give you a quote. Then you send the check to my address that I will also give you once we get to that point. I send the 2 T. of grains in 1/4 C. raw milk. And I send them overnight via Fedex. bchahn wrote: , I would love to get some grains from you as well. How do we do this? -----Original Message----- From: Dady Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 3:12 PM To: RawDairy Subject: Re: Re: Kefir Hi Amy, All I charge is for shipping. I ship via Fedex overnight and it can run anywhere from $15 to $25 depending on where you live. Just let me know off list, you full address and phone and I can get you a quote. Happy to help. Amy Lee Waters wrote: , I would love to have some of your kefir grains. What do I need to do to get them? Will DFACS be making a home visit to be sure that I will be a good parent? LOL Amy Waters PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING! Check out these links! Midvalleyvu Farms http://www.midvalleyvu.com The Weston A. Price Foundation: http://www.westonaprice.org The Untold Story of Milk http://www.drrons.com/untoldstoryofmilk.html Please visit our Raw Dairy files for a wealth of information: FILES: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/ Database: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/database Recipes: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/database?method=reportRows & tbl=1 Contact List: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/database?method=reportRows & tbl=2 Photos: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/lst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 someone asked about kefir and there was discussion about straining, etc, so here are my quick random thoughts: Kefir is my favorite food in the entire world. Drinking kefir is heaven on earth. I like it thick, thin, mild, sour, or however it turns out for each batch. I could drink a quart of kefir in one sitting a few times a day easily. (I don't, but it sure is tempting.) Kefir is incredibly easy to make, maybe less than one minute per day. In the past 13 months since I started making kefir almost everyday, I have never used a strainer. I either use chopsticks or a wooden spoon to lift the grains out, or I pour the kefir out into another jar and place a chopstick or wooden spoon across the mouth of the pouring jar to block the grains from slipping into the receiving jar. When you treat your grains gently like this, they stay in big clumps and don't break up into little grains that are less convenient to remove. I use mason jars with the standard white plastic lids you see in stores in the mason jar section. Kefir grains, two mason jars, two lids, and a chopstick would be enough to make kefir for the rest of your life; just add milk. I have an idea for straining kefir that I've never tried because my current methods work great, but just in case someone else likes the idea here it is: you can just drill some appropriately sized holes in one of these white plastic lids (they are extremely inexpensive) and to strain just screw on the holey lid and pour. This would cost less than a dollar and take less than five minutes to make. Mike SE Pennsylvania The best way to predict the future is to invent it. --Alan Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Those are exactly how I came up with my " invention. " I saw a bunch of people talking about them in the kefir and other groups and had the brainwave to make my own. I'd have ordered those, but hey, this is FREE for me! One sheet of plastic canvas made a WHOLE BUNCH of circles that fit perfectly into the mason jar ring and screw right on. Everyone has their own special technique. I think it's fun to try different things. Barbara > What about the " strainer " plastic lids (ala Sproutpeople)? Are those " holes " small enough? Hmmmmmm .... guess I'll find out. > MFJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 At 04:16 AM 3/10/04 -0000, you wrote: >Those are exactly how I came up with my " invention. " I saw a bunch >of people talking about them in the kefir and other groups and had >the brainwave to make my own. I'd have ordered those, but hey, this >is FREE for me! One sheet of plastic canvas made a WHOLE BUNCH of >circles that fit perfectly into the mason jar ring and screw right >on. > >Everyone has their own special technique. I think it's fun to try >different things. Ah, well, ya see? There ya go!!! If I tried to write down all the nifty ideas I've gotten for things just from reading posts ... MFJ There are no stupid questions, but there are plenty of silly ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 At 02:04 AM 3/10/04 -0000, you wrote: I have an idea for straining kefir >that I've never tried because my current methods work great, but just >in case someone else likes the idea here it is: you can just drill >some appropriately sized holes in one of these white plastic lids >(they are extremely inexpensive) and to strain just screw on the >holey lid and pour. This would cost less than a dollar and take less >than five minutes to make. What about the " strainer " plastic lids (ala Sproutpeople)? Are those " holes " small enough? Hmmmmmm .... guess I'll find out. MFJ There are no stupid questions, but there are plenty of silly ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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