Dear Janet - what a lovely in depth explanation - most appreciated.
I have smallish grains I would think but not having seen any others am not
sure. I use 1/2 fat milk because that is what my sheet told me to use (it
said no full cream milk) I kept it in a cupboard so it was in the dark and I
made it in a kilner jar (pickling jar) everything that it told me to do I did
including rinsing it under cold water! I did not use any metal on it, I did
not use a pouch because I had not heard of that then. Perhaps using water on
them is the problem and the person who passed them on to me also used water
so they have lost something along the way. I have removed some of the grains
to use for water kefir and have the others in milk, (will get some full cream
milk) which I will keep replacing and not washing the grains just to see what
happens - will let you know. I have now also got myself some Kombucha
culture which is also said to be extremely beneficial.......
Regards
Marianne
> Dear Marianne,
> Well, I started off using goats milk, but, it did not come out so that I
> could drink it. I tried the pouch method and the kefir separated. So,
> much
> to my dismay, I had to resort to pasturized whole milk. Tried the pouch in
> it, and got tired of that as the kefir kept separating, so I just said to
> heck with it and put the grains to swim in the milk. I stirred it up real
> good with a chopstick everytime I went near it. Lo and behold, the kefir
> just started up with the thick sweetish ambrosia. No offensive smell, as
> a
> matter of fact, there is hardly any smell at all. I do not rinse my
> grains.
> I have them on the side of my stove from 5;00 in the afternoon until 6, 7
> oclock the next day covered lightly with a plastic cap and put a clean
> towel
> over it to keep out the light. I have been fooling with grains for about 4
> months now.
> Perhaps the problem is your grains. Why not try to get some new ones? I
> would try Dominck. His grains are large as are mine. I do not use any
> metal
> spoon nor metal strainer and use a canning jar. Maybe some one on the list
> could spare you some, mainly, Mark, do you hear that Mark?????
> I think that Mark has a site, I will try and look for it.
> If I had some extra grains, I would send them to you. I do not have any
> more as yet. I think that you need about 3 Tbsp. of grains.
> Wish that I could tell you more. Keep in touch. janet
>
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