Guest guest Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 Hi Kim I toss out the bananas and strain the kefir at this time. I haven't tried it any other way so I can't say. The kefir needs sugar to feed on to survive so I suppose if you wanted to keep going without straining it, you would have to add more bananas and sugar. I'd look it up online. I know some ebay listings have jars with spouts on the bottom so you keep it fermenting without straining it so somebody out there must be doing it this way. kes > > Hi Kes - > > Thanks for posting the water kefir recipe. I have a couple of questions for you... > > How many days do you ferment the water? > > The recipe mentions to scoop the bananas out every 2 days - does that mean you add new banana slices at that time? > > Thanks, > Kim > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Robin , doin' the happy kefir dance, wrote: > Any other favorite ingredients? Apples, finely sliced to maximally expose them to the ferment; pieces of pineapple; figs, dates and other dried fruits (or fresh figs, of course); grapes, pierced or sliced (in whole form, they won't ferment); cashew nuts donate their sweetness to the kefir (loosing it themselves). Grape or orange juice should be fine, with no additional sweetening needed. Strawberries are also nice, i believe. Melon (maybe because it was store-bought and not a freshly picked, fully ripe one) was not a success for me. The best advice, in my opinion, is to experiment and trust your nose - and of course share the most amazing (or disappointing) results. Keep a backup of grains in a known good ferment and/or in sugar water in the fridge, or in dried or frozen form. Greetings, Maarten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Hi Kathy, My grains are doubling every 2 days. I'm using well water. With my previous batch of grains, I used filtered water and the grains hardly grew at all. It may have been that the grains were not good, but I think the water does have something to do with it. Try using half an egg shell in your water along with the grains. My friend was using RO water and the grains hardly grew until she started putting an egg shell in the water. Then they started growing very quickly. I suppose the grains might also grow very slowly if you were not adding enough sugar. I use about 1/3 cup of organic cane sugar per 1 quart of well water. I add my lemons and figs at the same time because I think that they must add some nutrients to the water that feed the grains. This is just based on my own thoughts, not any info I've read. Ann > > I'm not sure my water kefir grains are doing so good. How often should they > multiply? Someone said they should be doubling every week. Is that right? > That person also suggested that using RO water is the problem. > > I'm using 3 cups of RO water, 1/3 cup of raw sugar, 2 dates, a quarter of a > lemon, a couple slices of ginger. > > Any advice? > > Kathy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 Thanks so much, i just tried this yesterday...using bottled water and I think that the egg shell already has them multiplying just overnight. Yippee! Happy grains means healthy kefir. Much Thanks, Anne G > > > > I'm not sure my water kefir grains are doing so good. How often should they > > multiply? Someone said they should be doubling every week. Is that right? > > That person also suggested that using RO water is the problem. > > > > I'm using 3 cups of RO water, 1/3 cup of raw sugar, 2 dates, a quarter of a > > lemon, a couple slices of ginger. > > > > Any advice? > > > > Kathy > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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