Re: Re: Water Kefir Available - super growth recipe, easy

[Guest guest]

Hey Mainer,

Be glad to post my recipe. I got this directly from Dom's web-site. Bless

him. Of course, I have my own tweak to it because I don't want to use the

blackstrap molasses. Too time consuming and I have seven jars to do. (I

measure out all the dry ingredients ahead of time in several containers so

my water kefir chores take five minutes including drying my extra water

grains every day.)

I was getting 20% growth in 48 hours until I added sodium bicarbonate.

Someone else had mentioned NaHCO3, and when I saw it on Dom's web-site, that

settled it; I was going to try it. Here is the recipe that gives me 50%

growth every 48 hours, that means one cup becomes 1 1/2 cups.

1 cup water grains

1 quart RO water (I can finally use filtered water and don't have to tell

people to seek out spring water anymore)

1/3 cup organic cane juice crystals

1 Tablespoon Rapadura (replaces blackstrap molasses)

1/8 tsp coral calcium

1/8 tsp NaHCO3 (baking soda in case you forget your chemistry)

If I add a slice of fresh ginger I will get 100% growth in 48 hours. It took

four batches before they started growing this well on this recipe. Now every

time I have an extra cup of water grains in every jar. The water kefir

grains famine is over. I finally have oodles of them, thanks to Dom.

Marilyn

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 2:54 PM, mainer2008 <mainer2008@...> wrote:

>

> I agree, Dom appears to have a wealth of information and my recipes

> are a derivative of his. Marilyn has also provided a wealth of

> information and I am especially thankful for her help and this forum.

> I would be curious if Marilyn would share her " super growth " recipe

> with us.

> Mainer2008

[Guest guest]

>>>On another list, a fellow just mentioned using all kinds of sea shells in

his water kefir as a calcium additive. He said to leave them in each batch

until they completely dissolve. Since you're on the coast...

>>>

Another option is to buy oyster shell from an aquarium supply or even for

birds. The concern about contaminants is very low because birds and fish,

being so much smaller than us can tolerate even lower concentrations of

toxins.

.....sharon