WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF DRY MILK or WATER KEFIR-GRAINS?
There are some advantages for the use of dry kefir-grains, as apposed to fresh culture. But firstly I would like to mention that waste is in the eye of the beholder. Milk strained from the first few batches during reconstitution of dry milk kefir-grains, is discarded, which may be seen as a waste of good milk. However, the milk is not wasted, for it responsible to awakened and sustain life of billions of organisms found dormant in the dry kefir-grains. The strained culture-milk from reconstitution of milk kefir-grains has many practical uses. Plants can benefit from it and I am certain that even if one is not in the situation to provide caring of plants, a short walk around your area with bare feet, shall bear fruit, in that there should be a tree or a shrub nearby that would benefit from a shot of the soured milk, given to the ground. It can be used to prepare a liquid plant fertilizer. The culture-milk may also be used as a body and hair wash. Soap-making is another possibility. But