PROBIOTICS for you and your chickens

[AndreaS]

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Your jellyfish comment made me happy

 

[AndreaS]

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Tell us about the water kefir, how do you like it? What do you mix it with?

 

[emarble]

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Chickielady.... I got my Kefir Grains from the KefirLady. I think Ernie also has some Kefir Grains.
For question #2, I think yogurt only has 2 live cultures, and no grains. While Kefir grains produces the drinkable Kefir (over & over again) that has 32 or more live cultures that are good for you. But, I think Ernie will be better able to answer this.

Ernie.... While drinking my peach & cinnamon kefir smoothies tonight with my daughter, she asked if could use Kefir to make Ice Cream?? I have an Ice Cream maker. Do you think this would be do-able?? If so, I'm going to get started on that!! Peach Kefir Ice Cream sound wonderful.

So Kefir is or is not, just a wonderful drinkable yogurt smoothy ?
Does it actually have more cultures ?
We have used live cultured yogurt to start new cultures, and if a bit runny, or thick add milk until it is smoothy consistency, just asking.
And, still bothers me to call them "grains"...I am so allergic, worse than an allergy, to most grains.

Ok here we go Yogurt only has like one active live culture or maybe 2! Kefir has almost 42 live active Probiotic and Yeast cultures! And Ok instead of grains lets say these are Live Kefir clusters! No grains involved!!!!! The clusters are actual living organisms and use the milk solids for a food source and leave behind Probiotics and yeast!! OH and yea they leave the Whey behind too which as we all know Whey is just pure Protein! Right!!!!! Hopefully this helps but there is no comparison to Yogurt and Kefir as Kefir has so many more Probiotics involved!

Ernie

 

[AndreaS]

Ernie, Thanks for the tips on the straining. I'm thinking i must need to divide my grains or remove some of the little curds. I am getting literally 1/4 cup of little white curds in addition to my large kefir grains. I'm going to have to take a picture of them to show you guys...it sounds like Sandi is just getting a few little clingy curds, I have a TON! I must be using too little milk to grains.

I have to try making kefir ice cream! That sounds so good....and the caake sounds yummy too.

 

[Ukyou]

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Tell us about the water kefir, how do you like it? What do you mix it with?

I have made it with just sugar water, sugar water and dried fruit, cranberry juice with a little sugar added (my favorite), sugar water and ginger (tastes like ginger ale), peaches that I had in the freezer and a little sugar. They are supposed to feed off of fructose instead of lactose, but can be adapted from milk ones, but I got ones that the previous owner had never known of them being in milk since I was sharing with a friend with milk allergy. They make a carbonated drink that if stored in the fridge will produce small grains. I occasionally refer to this site http://users.sa.chariot.net.au/~dna/Makekefir.html#Kefir-d-acqua

 

[Chickielady]

Silly me, I thought all these years, that the whey was waste, as in watery nothing as the proteins and carbs are eaten by the culture...whey is typically tossed to the hogs, after processing cheese, yogurts and cottage cheese. It has little to no nutient value, as I was told. Hence the pigs got it.

OK, I gotta study !!!!!!!!!

 

[emarble]

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Chickielady, I got my grains from E.Marble (Ernie) on this thread. Mine are over achievers, strong and healthy!

I think we should call them kefir bodies or kefir colonies...they really aren't grains.

That's just the scientist in me talking. Sorry.

Just another Kefir Krazy, Sandi

Thanks Sandi
So from now on I dub Yeee Kefir Colonies instead of Grains! Makes more sense to me anyway as I never thought they looked like grains anyway!! So as I stand here next to my mailbox waiting for my Choclate cake to come from Sandi??? Its getting really cold out here toooo!~ Ohhh and its starting to snow again!! HOPE MY CAKE COMES Soon

so I can go back inside the house where its warm!!

Ernie

 

[Chickielady]

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Chickielady, I got my grains from E.Marble (Ernie) on this thread. Mine are over achievers, strong and healthy!

I think we should call them kefir bodies or kefir colonies...they really aren't grains.

That's just the scientist in me talking. Sorry.

Just another Kefir Krazy, Sandi

Thanks Sandi
So from now on I dub Yeee Kefir Colonies instead of Grains! Makes more sense to me anyway as I never thought they looked like grains anyway!! So as I stand here next to my mailbox waiting for my Choclate cake to come from Sandi??? Its getting really cold out here toooo!~ Ohhh and its starting to snow again!! HOPE MY CAKE COMES Soon

so I can go back inside the house where its warm!!

Ernie

OH Thank you !!! Or how about Marbles ??

 

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Whey is used to produce ricotta, brown cheeses, Messmör/Prim and many other products for human consumption. It is also an additive in many processed foods, including breads, crackers and commercial pastry, and in animal feed. Whey proteins primarily consist of α-lactalbumin and β-lactoglobulin. Depending on the method of manufacture, whey may also contain glycomacropeptides (GMP).

Whey protein (derived from whey) is often sold as a nutritional supplement. Such supplements are especially popular in the sport of bodybuilding. In Switzerland, where cheese production is an important industry, whey is used as the basis for a carbonated soft drink called Rivella.

And you all thought I was just another Pretty face around here didn't you!!!????

Ernie

Ever seen a skinny hog (Thats why they got all the whey)

 

[emarble]

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Ginny wondered where you been hadn't seen you on here in a few days!! We would never delete you from the post! Ohhhhhhh Let me know how the fermented veggies go as I am going to start that next as soon as I find an extra 5 inches of counter space that doesn't have Kefir growing on it!!! LOL

Ernie