PROBIOTICS for you and your chickens

[featherbaby]

Does kefir taste sour like buttermilk? Or does it taste more like yogurt with a little acidic 'tang' to it? If someone did NOT like buttermilk, would they be likely to like kefir?

 

[emarble]

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I myself would say it taste more like Yougurt than buttermilk! I myself do not like the taste of buttermilk but love the taste of Kefir
The main thing is thru expermintation you get better at Kefir making and the longer you make it you find just the right combination of grains to milk and it gets a lot mellower! This is coming from someone that has only been making Kefir for about a month

AND You can use it in anything you use milk in
I made pancakes for me the other day and used Kefir in place of the milk and it was great

Ernie

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I bet those pancakes were delicious! You know how good buttermilk pancakes and biscuits are.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Okay your making me hungry.

 

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Yea that is what prompted me to use the Kefir to make pancakes!! Oh man now I have to try biscuits and I wonder how Keifer gravy would be!!

Mmmmmm Keifer Biscuits with fresh butter and homemade apple butter

Ernie

 

[emarble]

Ok I have a question and I think I know the answer BUT wanna make sure I know with Kombucha you need to keep it away from metal and store in Glass Jars But the question is the lids for canning jars!! So the question is if you use canning jars to decant your Kombucha (Or Kefir) is it OK to use the regular canning jar lids or do I need to get plastic lids?????

Ernie

 

[joebryant]

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You don't need a lid at all. Just lay a dish towel over the top, but you really shouldn't use a jar because it's so small. Try using an extra large, deep, glass bowl instead. You want lots of surface area.

 

[emarble]

This is for storage Joe after the Kombucha is made I have been storing it in a gallon glass Jug but I wanted to Decant it into some smaller containers to keep in the front Fridge instead of running back and forth each day to get a glass full!

I use one of the wal mart glass jars to make it in like you had in the first post or so!!

Ernie

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I would think you would only worry about metal coming in contact with it. If you were really worried, you could just put a piece of plastic wrap over the top and screw the lid over that.

 

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That is what I decided to do! I know that their is a coating on the inside of canning jar lids but wasn't really sure of what the coating (even though I know you can can almost anything ) really was so I decided to be safe rather than sorry and just put some plastic wrap in between it

Ernie