Info on dehydrating, shipping and rehydrating kefir grains

[Dace]

BBH....I got my grains! Didn't look quite as I had expected, of course I've never seen them before!

Thank you!

Whew! Glad they made it. (Really there is just one in there, the other stuff is powdered milk.)

Really? I just thought it was a little glob of them. Weird stuff!

I have my little glass of whole raw milk on the counter re-hydrating!

 

[delia_peterson]

I got my kefir today! Thank you BBH!!! I have 2% reduced fat organic milk, is that ok to use?

 

[big brown horse]

I got my kefir today! Thank you BBH!!! I have 2% reduced fat organic milk, is that ok to use?

I think it needs to be whole milk with a bit of cream mixed in if ya got it. But for sure I know it needs whole milk. (Organic if you can find it.)

 

[delia_peterson]

I got my kefir today! Thank you BBH!!! I have 2% reduced fat organic milk, is that ok to use?

I think it needs to be whole milk with a bit of cream mixed in if ya got it. But for sure I know it needs whole milk. (Organic if you can find it.)

I will look for whole organic milk tomorrow then. The store I went to had organic-but like I said it was 2% reduced fat. I got it. The other kind they had was lactose free. So I still need to add cream? What kind? And is that for every batch?
I also have regular whole milk.

 

[big brown horse]

I'm sure it will be fine until tomorrow.

 

[Dace]

Question.....when I strain off the milk I have one little grain. Is it going to multiply? Stupid question but I do not want to accidentally toss baby grains

 

[big brown horse]

Question.....when I strain off the milk I have one little grain. Is it going to multiply? Stupid question but I do not want to accidentally toss baby grains

It will get bigger and bigger then bits may break off then whole lobes will break off. Sometimes you accidentally miss a baby grain that has broken off, no biggie. It took mine about two weeks to get really big. Then bits and lobes began to break off.

ETA:(I didn't start out with it in semi-dehydrated form though, so it may take longer.)

 

[Dace]

ok, so little coagulated bits are just the kefir, not baby grains. Thank you!

 

[big brown horse]

ok, so little coagulated bits are just the kefir, not baby grains. Thank you!

You know what tapioca feels like? That is about the "feel" of the small grains...maybe a bit firmer. It is chewy if you eat it. The kefir itself is more like runny yogurt.

My kefir has a layer of "kefir-cream" at the top when it is done, I just mix it in and drink it. (After I fish out the grains.) ANyone else get this?

 

[Dace]

My kefir has a layer of "kefir-cream" at the top when it is done, I just mix it in and drink it.

I am going to put it in my smoothie