Re: , Kefir?

January 22, 2005

>>>I make home made Kefir (fermented milk) from Raw Cows & Raw Goats

Milk....this is (I believe the most digestable dairy product you can eat)...much

easier too digest than cheese /milk etc, almost zero lactose the way I do it &

a wider & more human gut compatible, bacteria spectrum than yogurt.<<<

could you share how you make Kefir please? Thanks!

Blessings

Mama.

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January 22, 2005

Hi Mama.

To make Kefir you need to obtain some Kefir grains from a friendly Kefir

indulger who hopefully lives near you...Kefir grains propagate & grow in frsh

milk even as they ferment the product & consume the lactose etc.

Kefir Grains are believed too have originate somewhere in the Caucausas

Mountains way back when..the exact origin is unknown but legend has it they were

a gift from Mohhamed to the Orthodox....s army & also Attila & his

barbarian hordes were said too have marched on mares milk Kefir (freshly

fermented in a hide bag strung over the neck of thier horses)

Your based in NZ?..according too your email adress(suffix)...so you can try this

database below & see what you come up with in terms of nearby Kefirites.

http://www.rejoiceinlife.com/kefir/kefirlist.php

Otherwise your best bet is too join Dom's Kefir Forum (See adress

below) & post a message supplying a rough idea (region/State/City) of where you

live & requesting a small supply of grains too get started (If there is noone

with grains living near you they can be posted..they are very hardy)...then all

you need is milk...Kefir will ferment any sort of milk pretty much ..from Super

UHT , too raw(Unpasterized) organic milk (I am lucky enough too have access to

raw cows & raw goats atm)....

Kefir grains are not fussy on the healthy nature of the milk ...as long as it

contains lactose (thier preffered food)

Kefir grains look like Cauliflower floweretts ....they grow quite fast with a

regular supply of fresh milk...so a Kefir drinker will soon have excess grains

themselves (which can be eaten ...or put in blender etc for extra probiotic

effect..or given away ).....Below is a detailed list of microflora that inhabit

Kefir /Kefir grains..as you can see ..its nothing like yogurt ....Kefir is a

full spectum microflaura farm....btw I have suffered from fairly severe

Candidias in the past which means yeasts (including mushrooms /applecider

vinegar etc cause me problems ...but I dont have any problems with kefir ..even

though as you see in the list ....it also includes yeasts amongst its

microflaura

http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefir-micro-flora

LACTOBACILLI

Lb. acidophilus

Lb. brevis

Lb. casei

Lb. casei subsp. rhamnosus

Lb. casei subsp. pseudoplantarum

Lb. paracasei subsp. paracasei

Lb. cellobiosus

Lb. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus

Lb. delbrueckii subsp. lactis

Lb. fructivorans

Lb. helveticus subsp. lactis

Lb. hilgardii

Lb. kefiri

Lb. kefiranofaciens

*Lb. kefirgranum sp. nov

*Lb. parakefir sp. nov

Lb. lactis

Lb. plantarum

STREPTOCOCCI/LACTOCOCCI

Lactococci lactis subsp. lactis

Lc. lactis var. diacetylactis

Lc. lactis subsp. cremoris

Streptococci salivarius subsp. thermophilus

S. lactis

Enterococcus durans

Leuconostoc cremoris

Leuc. mesenteroides

YEASTS

Candida kefir

C. pseudotropicalis

C. rancens

C. tenuis

Kluyveromyces lactis

Kluyveromyces marxianus var. marxianus

K. bulgaricus

K. fragilis / marxianus

Saccharomyces subsp. Torulopsis holmii

Saccharomyces lactis

S. carlsbergensis

S. unisporus

**Debaryomyces hansenii

**Zygosaccharomyces rouxii

ACETOBACTER

Acetobacter aceti

A. rasens

The best place too find out more on Kefir is too browse Dom's Kefir site ..(I

say browse because it is huge)...read the FAQ's etc , & browse the index for his

site...here is the Link....

users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html

Good Health