As usual...great finds gigi!! thanks!
Posted by Cass A (Member # 11134) on :
Dear Friends,
After having been on oral antibiotic (Zithromax) while taking Mepron for almost 10 months, I KNEW that my gut bacteria was.......well, whatever swear word you want to inject!
So, I got a water kefir starter from Cultures for Health and also got a jar of unheated, live culture sauerkaut (no salt added) from my local health food store.
The water kefir produces more than I can consume---taking only distilled water and organic cane sugar (helpful to add some trace minerals) to feed them. You can get a kit to start that includes the trace minerals from Cultures for Health. Their website is quite useful, and their staff is very helpful.
You can flavor water kefir with any fruit, as you consume it. Or plain--it has a kind of tangy, slightly sweet flavor on its own, more full-bodied if you sugar with the molasses still in it.
I used some of the excess water kefir grains along with some of the organic sauerkraut I bought to make my own cultured vegetables, using organic locally grown red cabbage and other shredded local organic vegetables.
Their method of doing this in a Mason jar and keeping the jar on a plate or in a shallow bowl to catch the overflow as the liquid ferments worked great for me! I've gotten some really tasty batches so far!
If you do either or both of these, start out SLOWLY on the consumption! I went too fast and got some itchy skin rashes which went away when I backed off.
Anyway, now that I've started, I can keep on going, making batch after batch, with what I first purchased.
This has been one of the most economically satisfying experiences I've had in the entire Lyme saga!
Best,
Cass A
Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :
Cass, I made some Sauerkraut with pink salt from Utah and it came out wonderful again. A little 3 cup Black & Decker chopper did the cutting and in another batch I added a few drops (not even a teaspoonful of Rechtsregulat) which added more fermentation to the salt. Very little salt.
It is so rewarding and sooooo good for us! Glad you are doing it too.