RE: did I kill my keifer?

[Guest guest]

I've done this many times, and it has never killed the grains. They may

have gone slightly dormant though, so give it a little bit of time. If this

batch goes sour, try again with the same grains. that will likely work.

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

From: Aubin Parrish [mailto:aubinparrish@...]

Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:58 PM

Subject: did I kill my keifer?

I got some keifer grains from a friend last month, and

they worked great for several batches, but not this

last time. They were in the fridge for about a week,

stored in some keifer as the person I got them from

said she keeps hers between batches. Last night I

tried to start a new batch, but it's not doing

anything! Not keifering, not getting thick. The

grains are just floating near the top, and the milk is

slowly souring as if it was plain milk, not

thickening, doesn't taste like keifer. This is raw

milk that was frozen and thawed to room temperature.

I didn't do anything different than before, when it

worked like a charm, same milk, same temperature, same

everything. Before it only took 12 hours and I had

thick, tart keifer. It's been 24 hours and still

nothing. Could it have gone bad or died or however

keifer grains expire, from sitting in the fridge for a

week? Can they be revived? Any suggestions?

Aubin

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[Guest guest]

--- " Grossman, L.Ac., O.M.D., Ph.D. "

<acudoc@...> wrote:

> I've done this many times, and it has never killed

> the grains. They may

> have gone slightly dormant though, so give it a

> little bit of time. If this

> batch goes sour, try again with the same grains.

> that will likely work.

Thanks, I'll try that.

Aubin

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