Kefir is not buttermilk (was Re: Kefir floater availability)

[Guest guest]

Actually, this is the emergency buttermilk recipe - for when you're

making something that calls for buttermilk, but you have none in the

house.

Buttermilk used to be what was left after you churned the butter out,

so it was lower in fat than whole milk.

Nowadays, what you normally get a the store is a cultured product,

but it is not kefir. Cultured kefir is supposed to have many health

benefits in the same way as yogurt does, with live, beneficial

bacteria. There are lots of internet sources of information - go to

www.google.com and type in 'kefir'.

Iris

>

> > While trying to help a friend buy a kefir floater he encountered

problems

> > with the usual sources. Something about a patent dispute.

> >

> > I found a source in AU, (where the actual inventor comes from)

that may

> > actually be authorized to sell them. My friend put one on order

so we'll

> > find out if that works.

http://www.kefir.com.au/str_pack.html#MAKER

> >

> > Do any of our resident Kefir experts know of a N.A. source. Do

our Aussie

> > list member's have any experience with Kefir Culture Natural,

pty, ltd?

> >

> > JR