RE: RE: Newbie Suggestions

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>> Locally, I have seen a Yogourmet kefir starter. Do you know if this is

>> differrent from the grains I have heard other referring to?

~~ Jocelyne

These boxes of kefir starter packets, typically sold in the hfs cold case,

are not the type of kefir grains I'm talking about. They will do to make

several batches, but they are not the self-sustaining colony of real kefir

grains. (Mercola also has this sort of starter available. His recent piece

about kefir was so annoying -- it made it appear as if these packets were

the same as the real deal...)

The real grains are a one-time purchase (or a gift from a kefir veteran --

there are sources online where you can ask is anyone has spare grains to

share...). Once you get them going, they just keep on giving and growing a

bigger and bigger colony. Keeping kefir is really kind of cool -- sort of

like being a farmer of a miniature crowd of " livestock " -- you treat them

well and they will reciprocate.

Check out this group for discussions and sources of grains to share:

Kefir_making/

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