Looking for Milk Kefir Grains...

[sunnyside]

Looking to get some live kefir grains. Had some a while back and was making the BEST smoothies with the kefir and my raw goats milk...until my daughter threw them away thinking I left spoiled milk on the counter!!! I wanted to cry, but she thought he was "helping" me clean the kitchen!! (She is only 8, and she actually did a great job on the rest of the kitchen!!)

I started looking on Ebay, but there are a lot of different sellers to choose from and some said it would take 3 weeks to get here to PA??? Anyone have a reliable source?

Thanks so much!!

 

[autumnprairie]

Looking to get some live kefir grains. Had some a while back and was making the BEST smoothies with the kefir and my raw goats milk...until my daughter threw them away thinking I left spoiled milk on the counter!!! I wanted to cry, but she thought he was "helping" me clean the kitchen!! (She is only 8, and she actually did a great job on the rest of the kitchen!!)

I started looking on Ebay, but there are a lot of different sellers to choose from and some said it would take 3 weeks to get here to PA??? Anyone have a reliable source?

Thanks so much!!

http://www.cheesemaking.com/cheeseculturesandmoldpowders.html

 

[sunnyside]

Hmmm....never thought of using the dried or powder form. I was actually looking for the live grains. Do you use th epowdered form? Any difference? Same health benefits with the live and the freeze dried?

 

[mama24]

It's freeze dried and the bacteria basically go into hibernation. They will wake up and become living grains again, otherwise they wouldn't work to make kefir.

 

[lovinglife]

I just started making Kefir myself. LOVE IT! Now I don't have all the work of yogurt making. Kefir is so much easier and much better for you...

 

[daisychick]

Just looked at some on Caprinesupply.com They have the powder to make one time or they also carry the other type that you can re-culture yourself.

 

[lovinglife]

Did you find kefir grains yet? I got mine from a lady at work, then I found out my Cousin also makes it. I have shared mine with friends, maybe you can find someone in your town that is making it to get a start. I don't know where you live, some people say they can mail it and it still works. Let me know if you ever found any.. Maybe I can try to send you some if you still have had no luck.