Sure hope a kombucha scoby doesn't kill 'em!

[joebryant]

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Ah, Arnica! That saved my vacation in The Dominican Republic. For some reason I came down with a severe case of sciatica. My daughter, a health food nut, insisted on my using her Arnica on my hip and leg. It had me fixed up in about five minutes. That stuff's a real miracle worker!

Yes, a health food store will probably sell a bottle of kombucha.

 

[asher]

I am hoping it works for me, but it's just bruises, not actual pain. My entire upper back right arm is black and blue from work and it looks horrible.

 

[joebryant]

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Anne, just called our local health food store. They sell a 16 oz. bottle of kombucha for $3.39; it's kept in the health drinks cooler. Hope the Arnica works for you.

 

[asher]

Awesome! Thank you! I thought it might have been extra expensive. We'll try it! Tell her thank you for me please!

 

[wegotchickens]

I'll check into it. Thanks for the health food store info. Going to one Thursday to get more non-sulfa dried pineapple rings. Will see what they have.

I also need to check with my Japanese friends. One lady is all the time trying to get me to try new health-food type stuff. If she doesn't drink this stuff she knows someone who does, I'm sure!

I can see the conversation with DH now..
"Hi Honey! Today I traded some eggs for a fungus that we're going to keep in a jar of tea. After about a week we'll start drinking the contents of the jar. Isn't that cool?"

You know, he's already convinced I'm insane due to the chickens

 

[joebryant]

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L&LOL It ain't a fungus though, really. The bacteria and yeasts in the scoby work on the sugar, tea, and caffein to change it into (something?).

 

[wegotchickens]

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L&LOL It ain't a fungus though, really. The bacteria and yeasts in the scoby work on the sugar, tea, and caffein to change it into (something?).

Oh thanks. That explanation sounds soo much better

I can hear him now, "You want me to drink WHAT? Bacteria and yeast pee? Ya gotta be kidding!!! That is a joke. Right? Puh-leeze??"

 

[joebryant]

Directions for MissPrissy and Cjeanean:
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Making Kombucha (one gallon)

You will need:
One scoby (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast)
One cup of starter (already made kombucha)
One gallon of boiling water
Seven Black tea teabags
Two cups of sugar

Bring one gallon of water to a boil and then turn it off.
Add two cups of sugar and seven black tea teabags to the very hot water.
Let the hot water with sugar and tea bags sit until the water cools.
Remove the tea bags from the cooled water.

Have the scoby and a cup of starter in the bottom of a very-wide-mouth glass container. The opening of the container should be wider than the depth of the liquid in it. The process needs the surface area for air/breathing.
Pour the cooled water into the glass container with the scoby and one cup of starter.
Cover the glass container with a cloth, not a glass lid; the mixture has to breathe.


After seven days remove the new (baby) scoby from the top of the old one (mother). Last week’s scoby (the mother) can be give to somebody else as a starter or thrown away. Note: If a new scoby (baby) looks underdeveloped, keep old (mother) and new (baby) together for another week before you separate them.
Strain your fresh kombucha into a glass container(s) and refrigerate. Use one cup of the fresh kombucha (starter) and the baby scoby (to be a new mother) to make a new batch for next week.

 

[MissPrissy]

Thank you. Do you have photos of the mother and baby to show what is it supposed to look like?

 

[asher]

MP ~ I tried to google search to show you...and I don't know that I'll be buying any after all today!

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=kombucha&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi


Not sure I can drink that after knowing what it looks like.