Kefir question

[BedHead]

So I am reading Eat Fat Lose Fat (AWESOME book!) and they say that one can use milk kefir powder to make fizzy soda pop-like beverages, and they have recipes. Has anyone ever done this?

[CookAMH]

My mom tried it (also from the book) and it didn't work.

[PeggyinNC]

Yeah, I did it, and it worked fine for me. However, you can only use it once or whatever, not like the grains, which you can keep using forever, so it was a very expensive way to go. I much prefer my grains!

[BedHead]

I know - I had milk grains but with only me drinking kefir, and popping them in and out of the fridge all the time, waiting for them to start up again, I finally gave up on them. I figured I would try the powder first and see if anyone else likes it in fruit/water, then get some water kefir grains from somewhere if they do.

[mysticpi]

Have you thought of making ginger beer? You can make other non gingery fermented sodas in a similar way

check out: http://www.learningherbs.com/soda_recipe.html