Re: Keifer Question

[Guest guest]

Hi KC,

I think kefir does put back some good stuff into pasturized milk - at least I hope so, as I have to depend on the store-bought milk to make my kefir. My finished kefir seems to be healthy, does all that it is supposed to do and tastes wonderful :-)

Another time, perhaps you could add some grains, or even some finished kefir to the milk that you wish to store (1/2 cup of kefir to 1 gallon of milk would do the trick). That will save it from going off and you won't have to pasteurize it :-)

Cheers,

and the K9's

"Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have."-

The other day I had to pasteurize 1/2 gallon of milk and was curious if I add the keifer grains to it, will they put back some of the good flora/bacteria?

[Guest guest]

The only reason I had to pasteurize was because I wasn't totally prepared for the 3 gallons Margie gave me the first day after I didn't milk the night before. My two stainless steel buckets hold about 2.5 gallons, so I had to use the grain bucket, which I wipe out, but didn't feel it was clean. So, I just pasteurized that 1/2 gallon. No big thing, but I always want to make sure I don't add any really bad stuff to the milk.

Thanks,

K.C.

Re: Keifer Question

Hi KC,

I think kefir does put back some good stuff into pasturized milk - at least I hope so, as I have to depend on the store-bought milk to make my kefir. My finished kefir seems to be healthy, does all that it is supposed to do and tastes wonderful :-)

Another time, perhaps you could add some grains, or even some finished kefir to the milk that you wish to store (1/2 cup of kefir to 1 gallon of milk would do the trick). That will save it from going off and you won't have to pasteurize it :-)

Cheers,

and the K9's

"Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have."-

The other day I had to pasteurize 1/2 gallon of milk and was curious if I add the keifer grains to it, will they put back some of the good flora/bacteria?PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING!Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information!http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/

[Guest guest]

> The other day I had to pasteurize 1/2 gallon of milk and was curious if I add

the keifer

grains to it, will they put back some of the good flora/bacteria?

>

> K.C.

Hi K.C.,

Kefir grains work just fine in pasteurized milk. They feed on lactose in order

to work their

magic and lactose is not destroyed by pasteurization. It is, of course, better

to put them

in raw milk, but if p/h milk is all you have, that's fine and it is still better

than drinking the

p/h stuff plain. Lots of good kefir benefits.

:-)

[Guest guest]

Thanks. Not homogenized, just pasteurized. But you probably already saw the post as to why I did it.

K.C.

Re: Keifer Question

> The other day I had to pasteurize 1/2 gallon of milk and was curious if I add the keifer grains to it, will they put back some of the good flora/bacteria?> > K.C.Hi K.C.,Kefir grains work just fine in pasteurized milk. They feed on lactose in order to work their magic and lactose is not destroyed by pasteurization. It is, of course, better to put them in raw milk, but if p/h milk is all you have, that's fine and it is still better than drinking the p/h stuff plain. Lots of good kefir benefits.:-)PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING!Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information!http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/