Making Kefir From Kefir Grains (part 3)

http://www.pocketsofthefuture.com/KefirGrains.htm We finally put this video together about how we make kefir on a daily basis. Leslie will post a follow up blog post on our POTF blog and there is a Kefir page on our POTF website. Dom's kefir website is a an excellent resource.

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Howto & Style

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• Kefir
• Grains
• Homesteading
• Cows
• dairy
• organic
• natural

[jmohno]

good job with your videos .very informitive.Your ideals and tradititional food preperation is very important to maintaining a disease resistant lifestyle.Thank you for sharing this.I think i may have the same grains.Mine are kind of flat and not round cauliflower like ive seen.I would like a more effervecent less sour kefir.Like you say it can be "yeasty"with a tight lid. Is it just going to be yeasty if i try for carbonation?Ive been kefiring loose lid and tight lid for the ripening.

[pocketsofthefuture]

@jmohno I don't know from any personal experience. I have never tightened the lid before and on those days when the kefir is just right, the balance btw effervescence and flavor seems perfect to me. I don't actually know how you would shift that balance. Seems like you are working in the right direction though. Leslie

[mollysmommy97]

There was a mention of a yahoo group. Can you share that group name here so I can find it? There are several I found on yahoo and want to be sure I am in the right place. Thanks so much!

[pocketsofthefuture]

@mollysmommy97Surely. It is Kefir_making. It is a very active list with lots of information. Leslie

[bsktool]

Can I freeze my extra grains do you know?

I notice you use a steel bowl to strain it into. Is that OK?

Thanks for your helpful videos.

[CtrlAltDltYou]

Is it possible to make sauerkraut using kefir whey without using salt?...even if it takes longer to ferment, would it still work that way?

Thanks for all the great videos by the way :)

[LoricaLady]

Another helpful vid, but where are your cool Aussie accents? Also, just fyi, no way manna could have been kefir. It fell from Heaven, landed on the earth, and tasted like honey.

[candyalien86]

why do your kefir grain look more stringy

and mine looks like cauliflower am I doing something wrong?

[heresay24]

I just ordered some of your grains. I have read so much about kefir and love it. I was wondering if you would no when i would expect to have them. I am in Canada now and I ordered them on Tuesday jan 11. Please let me know, thank you

[reeram]

@pocketsofthefuture Thank you so much! Yall are so sweet!! =)

[pocketsofthefuture]

@patzilee2 I am sorry to read this. He never struck me that way. While I am on one of his yahoo groups, I haven't read it for a long while so don't know if something is going on with him. Still that wouldn't help your situation anyway. I am glad you got yourself some grains. I hope you are enjoying your kefir. Leslie

[pocketsofthefuture]

@reeram Don't mind at all! Enjoy. Leslie