RE: Freezing Milk Kefir products

[Guest guest]

You can freeze your kefir grain until you're ready to use it again.

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of M.N.Maier

Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 6:12 PM

Good Kefir Grains

Subject: Freezing Milk Kefir products

Due to severe health problems, I have decided to adhere to a restrictive

diet for the next 6 weeks, which does not allow Milk Kefir or cheese.

(Heartbreaking - I know!) I need to figure what to do to keep my MKGs happy.

I made Kefir cheese before, and just LOVED the taste. Does it keep well when

frozen? If so, I would continue to make kefir, and freeze the cheese, until

I can eat it again.

Marina

[Guest guest]

Why not just freeze your grains for the period? I have had good

experience with that. They will usually revive and make good kefir

within a couple days. Joyce Simmerman

[Guest guest]

What about the milk, not the grains

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On Dec 7, 2011, at 7:26 PM, " Holladay " <sandrah@...> wrote:

> You can freeze your kefir grain until you're ready to use it again.

>

>

>

> From:

> [mailto: ] On Behalf Of M.N.Maier

> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 6:12 PM

> Good Kefir Grains

> Subject: Freezing Milk Kefir products

>

> Due to severe health problems, I have decided to adhere to a restrictive

> diet for the next 6 weeks, which does not allow Milk Kefir or cheese.

> (Heartbreaking - I know!) I need to figure what to do to keep my MKGs happy.

> I made Kefir cheese before, and just LOVED the taste. Does it keep well when

> frozen? If so, I would continue to make kefir, and freeze the cheese, until

> I can eat it again.

>

> Marina

>

>

[Guest guest]

For what it's worth..

My keifer was tasting off - kind of a plasticish goaty taste (?) - right

from the beginning. It just didn't taste good at all, so I started letting

it stay for 3 or 4 days and then strained to a firm cheese and gave it to my

chickens who thought it delicious. After a while I didn't really have any

more grains, probably from leaving it for so long (?)

The other day I took some back up grains (same initial batch) from the

freezer and my kefir is very good right from the first day. Not sharing

with the chickens anymore. LOL!

Has anyone had experience where freezing improves the quality/flavor?

Thank you,

phine

Yes, I realize I could freeze the grains, but I also have daily goat milk

I'm not able to consume now. I would like to use it to make cheese, and

freeze the cheese for later. Does that work with kefir cheese? Just looking

for a way to preserve grains as well as find a use for the milk and preserve

food for later.

Marina

You can freeze your kefir grain until you're ready to use it again.

[Guest guest]

How do you freeze the grains? Do you add a small amount of milk to the grains

and then freeze or strain the kefir grains all by themselves? Do you putit in

an airtight container?

Al

RE: Freezing Milk Kefir products

For what it's worth..

My keifer was tasting off - kind of a plasticish goaty taste (?) - right

from the beginning. It just didn't taste good at all, so I started letting

it stay for 3 or 4 days and then strained to a firm cheese and gave it to my

chickens who thought it delicious. After a while I didn't really have any

more grains, probably from leaving it for so long (?)

The other day I took some back up grains (same initial batch) from the

freezer and my kefir is very good right from the first day. Not sharing

with the chickens anymore. LOL!

Has anyone had experience where freezing improves the quality/flavor?

Thank you,

phine

Yes, I realize I could freeze the grains, but I also have daily goat milk

I'm not able to consume now. I would like to use it to make cheese, and

freeze the cheese for later. Does that work with kefir cheese? Just looking

for a way to preserve grains as well as find a use for the milk and preserve

food for later.

Marina

You can freeze your kefir grain until you're ready to use it again.

[Guest guest]

Hi Al,

I rinsed them in filtered water, drained them and then put them in a ziplock

bag, then another, then in a Tupperware type “boxâ€. I don’t think I even

rinsed them when I took them out (it seems I would have though). They looked

fine after sitting on the counter (still in the bags) for about a half hour to

defrost.

phine

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From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of ouched63188@...

Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 6:25 PM

Subject: RE: Freezing Milk Kefir products

How do you freeze the grains? Do you add a small amount of milk to the grains

and then freeze or strain the kefir grains all by themselves? Do you putit in an

airtight container?

Al

[Guest guest]

I freeze my extra milk kefir grains by the tablespoon full in ice trays, and

fill to the top with milk, and then I freeze it, plastic wrap and wax paper wrap

it and stick it back in the freezer. They seem to do o.k. when I thaw them out

and bring them back to life with fresh milk again. It takes about four days of

feeding them every 24 hrs before they taste " normal/yummy " again. Terri Gano

----- RE: Freezing Milk Kefir products

For what it's worth..

My keifer was tasting off - kind of a plasticish goaty taste (?) - right

from the beginning. It just didn't taste good at all, so I started letting

it stay for 3 or 4 days and then strained to a firm cheese and gave it to my

chickens who thought it delicious. After a while I didn't really have any

more grains, probably from leaving it for so long (?)

The other day I took some back up grains (same initial batch) from the

freezer and my kefir is very good right from the first day. Not sharing

with the chickens anymore. LOL!

Has anyone had experience where freezing improves the quality/flavor?

Thank you,

phine

Yes, I realize I could freeze the grains, but I also have daily goat milk

I'm not able to consume now. I would like to use it to make cheese, and

freeze the cheese for later. Does that work with kefir cheese? Just looking

for a way to preserve grains as well as find a use for the milk and preserve

food for later.

Marina

You can freeze your kefir grain until you're ready to use it again.