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  • Re: Kefir

    From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Sat Apr 5 20:53:15 2025
    On 2025-04-05 8:28 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it.  But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk!  Hmmmmmmm, ok.  😣  I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.


    I like the flavoured kefir. It is sort of like a milkshake. Despite my
    lactose intolerance it is almost like a tonic for me.

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  • From ItsJoanNotJoAnn@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 00:28:21 2025
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it. But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk! Hmmmmmmm, ok. 😣 I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to Dave Smith on Sat Apr 5 20:36:27 2025
    Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2025-04-05 8:28 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it.  But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk!  Hmmmmmmm, ok.  😣  I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.


    I like the flavoured kefir. It is sort of like a milkshake.� Despite my lactose intolerance it is almost like a tonic for me.


    There's not much lactose in kefir dave.

    Some is damn near lactose free.

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  • From ItsJoanNotJoAnn@21:1/5 to Dave Smith on Sun Apr 6 03:14:00 2025
    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 0:53:15 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

    On 2025-04-05 8:28 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it.  But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk!  Hmmmmmmm, ok.  😣  I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.


    I like the flavoured kefir. It is sort of like a milkshake. Despite my lactose intolerance it is almost like a tonic for me.


    Is it supposed to taste like buttermilk?? That was what
    shocked me.

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Sat Apr 5 23:48:35 2025
    On 2025-04-05 11:14 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 0:53:15 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

    On 2025-04-05 8:28 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it.  But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk!  Hmmmmmmm, ok.  😣  I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.


    I like the flavoured kefir. It is sort of like a milkshake.  Despite my
    lactose intolerance it is almost like a tonic for me.


    Is it supposed to taste like buttermilk??  That was what
    shocked me.


    I only had the plain stuff once and it was a little to sharp tasting for
    me. When I first started getting the stuff it came in a container sort
    of like a yogurt tub with a domed foil cover because of the gas from the fermentation. Now it comes in square sided jugs and there is no
    pressure. Apparently it is easy to make. You just have to add some
    kefir crystals to some milk and let it sit for 12 hours or so. Then
    strain out the crystals and they can be used again.

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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 12:46:46 2025
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it. But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk! Hmmmmmmm, ok. 😣 I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.

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    can someone please tell me the PROPER way to pronounce this drink word???

    i like in la, so i can't rely on anything here i have no real connections. i mean, on tv, they called it oh-micron.

    see what i mean? they don't even know the greek alphabet, or how to pronounce the letters, or what they mean!!!!

    even my stupid doctor didn't know. he said it correctly, but didn't even know it was the 15th letter of the alphabet.

    bob, take me away!!!!!!


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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 12:49:18 2025
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it. But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk! Hmmmmmmm, ok. 😣 I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.

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    sorry, he didn't even know it was a greek letter, PERIOD!!!!!


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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 12:47:12 2025
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it. But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk! Hmmmmmmm, ok. 😣 I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.

    --



    like in la = live in la


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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 12:48:02 2025
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it. But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk! Hmmmmmmm, ok. 😣 I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.

    --



    is it like kefiyah, or sutherland, or what?


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  • From dsi1@21:1/5 to Dave Smith on Sun Apr 6 17:55:05 2025
    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 0:53:15 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

    On 2025-04-05 8:28 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it.  But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk!  Hmmmmmmm, ok.  😣  I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.


    I like the flavoured kefir. It is sort of like a milkshake. Despite my lactose intolerance it is almost like a tonic for me.

    My guts don't care for lactose too. I'll drink kefir as a probiotic. It repopulates the Lactobacillus colony in my guts and allows me to partake
    in milk products without ill effects. This effect will last for a couple
    of days.

    As it goes, most people have no idea what probiotics are for. This has
    been the case since the 60's with the introduction of Acidophilus milk.
    The people that sold this product wouldn't say what drinking it would
    actually do - prevent diarrhea caused by drinking milk.

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  • From ItsJoanNotJoAnn@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 20:18:13 2025
    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 17:55:05 +0000, dsi1 wrote:

    I'll drink kefir as a probiotic. It
    repopulates the Lactobacillus colony in my guts and allows me to partake
    in milk products without ill effects. This effect will last for a couple
    of days.

    As it goes, most people have no idea what probiotics are for. This has
    been the case since the 60's with the introduction of Acidophilus milk.
    The people that sold this product wouldn't say what drinking it would actually do - prevent diarrhea caused by drinking milk.


    I just take a probiotic capsule daily, but I have no
    intolerance to dairy.

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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 16:54:30 2025
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it. But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk! Hmmmmmmm, ok. 😣 I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.

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    i thought it was keFIR

    do you know how we're SUPPOSED to pronounce it.

    btw, i saw (oops say) CHOO-MOOSE not huhmuhs


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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to cheesetray on Mon Apr 7 07:01:32 2025
    On Sun, 06 Apr 2025 16:54:30 -0400,
    [email protected]d (cheesetray) wrote:

    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it. But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk! Hmmmmmmm, ok. 😣 I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.

    i thought it was keFIR

    From what I read, that's the English way. And, also from what I read,
    Americans pronounce it the same as Kiefer (Sutherland).

    do you know how we're SUPPOSED to pronounce it.

    btw, i saw (oops say) CHOO-MOOSE not huhmuhs

    You're confused. A choo-moose is a Canadian animal.

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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 17:06:39 2025
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it. But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk! Hmmmmmmm, ok. 😣 I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.

    --



    hits a train that hits a moose head on


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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 17:07:47 2025
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it. But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk! Hmmmmmmm, ok. 😣 I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.

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    BAM , dead


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  • From ItsJoanNotJoAnn@21:1/5 to cheesetray on Sun Apr 6 20:13:44 2025
    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 16:46:46 +0000, cheesetray wrote:

    can someone please tell me the PROPER way to pronounce this drink
    word???


    https://youtu.be/NTkD9fsq5mo

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Mon Apr 7 06:33:44 2025
    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 20:13:44 +0000, [email protected]
    (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:

    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 16:46:46 +0000, cheesetray wrote:

    can someone please tell me the PROPER way to pronounce this drink
    word???


    https://youtu.be/NTkD9fsq5mo

    I'd have guessed KEfir, not keFIR.

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Sun Apr 6 18:11:40 2025
    On 2025-04-06 4:13 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 16:46:46 +0000, cheesetray wrote:

    can someone please tell me the PROPER way to pronounce this drink
    word???


    https://youtu.be/NTkD9fsq5mo

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    You want to be careful with that one, especially if you are talking with someone with South African connections. It is an extremely offensive pejorative for black people.

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  • From Ed P@21:1/5 to cheesetray on Sun Apr 6 18:47:54 2025
    On 4/6/2025 4:54 PM, cheesetray wrote:
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it.  But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk!  Hmmmmmmm, ok.  😣  I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.

    --



    i thought it was keFIR

    do you know how we're SUPPOSED to pronounce it.


    kuh feer

    Google it

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyRcQK3Ih0&ab_channel=JulienMiquel

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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 19:28:59 2025
    Ed P wrote:
    On 4/6/2025 4:54 PM, cheesetray wrote:

    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    I've read of this dietary item/food for a long time
    but have never had it. But Friday at the grocery
    store while passing by the yogurt I spied a small
    carton of 'Lifeway' strawberry kefir and 'on sale.'

    Well, that was a bit of a shock; it tasted like
    strawberry buttermilk! Hmmmmmmm, ok. 😣 I
    think I'd liked it without the strawberry as I
    really like buttermilk.

    --



    i thought it was keFIR

    do you know how we're SUPPOSED to pronounce it.




    kuh feer

    Google it

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyRcQK3Ih0&ab_channel=JulienMiquel



    well, i was coming at it with a cultural and empirical advantage so it's not really fair


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  • From cheesetray@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 20:06:43 2025
    Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2025-04-06 4:13 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 16:46:46 +0000, cheesetray wrote:

    can someone please tell me the PROPER way to pronounce this drink
    word???


    https://youtu.be/NTkD9fsq5mo

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    You want to be careful with that one, especially if you are talking with someone with South African connections. It is an extremely offensive pejorative for black people.




    20,000 black people !?

    oh.


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  • From dsi1@21:1/5 to cheesetray on Mon Apr 7 05:45:46 2025
    On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 16:46:46 +0000, cheesetray wrote:

    can someone please tell me the PROPER way to pronounce this drink
    word???


    “If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!" (William
    Strunk) ... Why compound ignorance with inaudibility?”
    ― E.B. White, The Elements of Style

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