Kefir making as alternative to yoghurt making.

prosaver

would this be cheaper..
.http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=258559978
because you would have to buy the milk and it saves less messing around

Alisha2008

Yogur and kefir are not the same thing.

Caterina

Flummaxed glad you got your kefir! I have so many grains now, I don't know what to do with them, just put an ad on gumtree offering some for free. Also as I make my own yogurt I find that I am not using the kefir, so I will let all my grains go.

Alisha what exactly is the difference between kefir and yogurt please? Which is the health giving difference? I love yogurt but have struggles with kefir. Thank you.

moneyistooshorttomention

Think the difference basically boils down to yogurt has a very limited number of types of beneficial bacteria (3 or 4 different types???). Kefir has a LOT more different types (tens of types).

Caterina

Thank you I suspected as much, but find kefir so sour that I have dificulty in eating it!

Alisha2008

It's very sour, I add sugar/honey/sweetener to it.

Caterina

I am trying to train myself to use it straight without adding any sweetener now.

But in a few weeks I am going to have too many grains! I put an ad for free grains on gumtree and gave away some but now I already have too many again!

What can I do with the spare grains? Thank you.

katkin

Think you an freeze them Caterina.

I had a go and like you ended up with too many grains. Couldn't get on with it, it made me gag and upset my guts. I do eat a lot of plain yoghurt that I'm now going to try making next.

I ended up giving the my grains to work friends who now also have too many!

Alisha2008

You can eat them.. yesterday I made a smoothie (bananas and strawberries) and put the extra grains on it, all blended. I didn't taste different to a normal smoothie made with yogurt.

shykins

You can freeze your grains just cover them in a little milk before you do. I reinstated mine after about 2 years in the freezer and they were fine.

Due to illness etc this and last year I neglected my grains and am now grainless but want to restart my kefir making, where did you guys buy your grains?