This is somewhat related to the phytates question but not entirely so I'll start a new thread. We keep our house quite chilly during the winter to save on the heating bill. I've never thought anything of it until this weekend.
My folks are new to the NT thing and my Mom had requested some kefir grains so I brought some with me to their house for Thanksgiving. Normally in my house it takes upwards of 48 hrs for a batch of kefir to be done to my liking. Well...my mom's gets done in 24 hrs w/no problems! The only variable that isn't the same is the ambient temperature that the little guys find themselves in.
Which of course makes sense to me, but leaves me wondering - what else does it effect? Do I need to take soak anything else longer in order to account for this? Nuts? Grains? Flour? Or are those processes ambient temperature independent?
My folks are new to the NT thing and my Mom had requested some kefir grains so I brought some with me to their house for Thanksgiving. Normally in my house it takes upwards of 48 hrs for a batch of kefir to be done to my liking. Well...my mom's gets done in 24 hrs w/no problems! The only variable that isn't the same is the ambient temperature that the little guys find themselves in.
Which of course makes sense to me, but leaves me wondering - what else does it effect? Do I need to take soak anything else longer in order to account for this? Nuts? Grains? Flour? Or are those processes ambient temperature independent?
cuz I really want to know
