Question about Kefir grains

Have no idea...have you looked it up on line? Maybe you'll get some good info regarding eating Kefir grains.

q

I've done some reading about kefir and it's totally fine to eat the extra grains (or give them away to someone else who wants their own culture).  I've been eating my extras and live to tell about it.  :)

im intrested in starting these, i have bought the ready made stuff before and it is nice.  where do you get the starts? how expensive is it?

I threw them away. I'd be interested in buying some from you though if you are selling. If you are interested, you can email me what I need to know about paying and I can email you my address. Thanks!

have been taking 44 billion count pro-biotic pills, but i read somewhere on the forum that pro-biotics causes gas. it made sense to me because i had terrible gas pains all the time. i completely eliminated the pills-- which guess must be a mutated form of pro-biotics and starting drinking Kefir -- store bought variety in "liquid yogurt" form and get pro-biotics that way, also a healthy does of protein that is easy to digest. it is working great, but have never heard of Kefir grains before. that is something i should google

Kefir grains are supposed to be a "give away" sort of thing.  It's okay to pay for postage, but traditionally they are simply given to anyone who wants/needs them.

I've heard that if you receive dormant grains they will take a few days to "revive" and start doing their thing.  If you try for a few days and nothing happens, they've probably died.

I'm in central NC and will happily share if anyone around here wants them.

Mine have been making nice thick creamy kefir for me.  I use a clean regular pint size mason jar with about a tablespoon of grains.  Pour in the milk place the mason jar lid very loosely on top (not screwed on, just sitting there) and let the whole thing just sit on my counter for 24 hours.  After that time, strain the liquid out into a clean jar, remove grain cluster from my strainer and place it in a new clean jar, start all over again!  I have been doing this for about a month and at first I found it kind of intimidating, but it seems so easy now.  I even brought my little culture with me on a 2 week road trip!

Usually I blend my daily 2 cups of kefir with some frozen fruit and make smoothies.  I've also used it with baking (makes decent quiche too).

 

Oh, gosh, how about that!
It's sometimes frustrating, how we'll get a great tip on a certain supplement that's helping someone else and then it will do nothing for us. PB8 was recommended to me by a GI!
If you decide to try some of the other probiotics, keep us psoted - it's always interesting to know how different things help people.
So you think the lemon juice/water thing is helping - can you tell yet?

Gosh, I really may need to try kefir again. I'd gotten some grains from a friend a year ago, but neither his nor mine ever thickened up - just turned dramatically sour.