Re: Stringy Kefir

[Guest guest]

Morning,

I did the search for stringy kefir and found 8 posts to it last night. Now

nothing will come up. I did not really get enough of an answer to this problem.

I have water kefir grains in water.Half gallon jar. Slight 1/4 cup Organic cain

sugar and brown sugar a few raisins a pinch of coral calcium and tiny pinch of

sea salt. I drain and renew daily. All has been great. Then the kefir turned

sort of thick. There is still some fizz in it and it tastes the same but we are

not liking the thickness to it.

Any ideas how to go back to where we were with nice fizzy kefir? The grains are

growing and looking at the jar right now they are raising and falling nicely

doing the lava lamp thing. Would rinsing the grains in water,no chlorine, help?

Thank you in advance for any ideas. Maggie

[Guest guest]

I'll let someone else figure out the fizz part. For now, let just get rid of

that weed that's making the water kefir thick. You have to rinse it

thoroughly under running water. You do this before every new batch until the

water is normal again. Weeds come from water but mostly dried fruit.

Marilyn

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Maggie Tucker <

missmaggieelizabeth@...> wrote:

>

> Morning,

>

> I did the search for stringy kefir and found 8 posts to it last night. Now

> nothing will come up. I did not really get enough of an answer to this

> problem.

>

> I have water kefir grains in water.Half gallon jar. Slight 1/4 cup Organic

> cain sugar and brown sugar a few raisins a pinch of coral calcium and tiny

> pinch of sea salt. I drain and renew daily. All has been great. Then the

> kefir turned sort of thick. There is still some fizz in it and it tastes the

> same but we are not liking the thickness to it.

>

> Any ideas how to go back to where we were with nice fizzy kefir? The grains

> are growing and looking at the jar right now they are raising and falling

> nicely doing the lava lamp thing. Would rinsing the grains in water,no

> chlorine, help?

>

> Thank you in advance for any ideas. Maggie

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you Marilyn I will start rinsing them. Change to a different fruit and see

if that will help. They were doing so well on the raisins until this.Sigh

Maggie

> From: Marilyn Kefirlady <marilynjarz@...>

> Subject: Re: Stringy Kefir

>

> Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 8:55 AM

> I'll let someone else figure out the fizz part. For now,

> let just get rid of

> that weed that's making the water kefir thick. You have

> to rinse it

> thoroughly under running water. You do this before every

> new batch until the

> water is normal again. Weeds come from water but mostly

> dried fruit.

>

> Marilyn

>

>

[Guest guest]

If it tastes good, it is good. It sounds like they are becoming very active.

They might not grow for several weeks.

21 people from Calgary have bought kefir grains from me in the past year.

Oh, that's not quite right. About half just got the water grains. But there

should be about 10 people who have some growing fresh ones. Generally,

people who drink kefir also shop at health food stores. Why don't you put a

request on their bulletin board?

Marilyn

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Barbara <babraham244@...> wrote:

> There has been another change in my kefir - it's stringy. It strains out in

> strands. I need to know if it is still good. And BTW, Marilyn, I only have

> about 1/2 tsp in quantity, they don't seem to be growing. You sent me the

> dried version. Wish I could get my hands on some regular milk grains here in

> Calgary, Canada. I'll try to do a search.

>

> Barbara

>

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