Dianne Heins wrote:

> I thought it was hard to get the cultures for kefir.
>
> And I wonder why one needs to heat over the fermenting temp for the yogurt.
>
> Anyway, probably not the best list to go on about this, sorry--just trying
> to figure all these things out myself!
>
> Thanks again for responding.
>
> Dianne

To get grains for making the true kefir you could join the list at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kefir_making
there is link for a page where members will send them for the price of postage.

Heat milk for yogurt to kill naturally-occurring bacteria in milk. (Yogurt
germs must be wimps)

William