:two_hearts:EuphoriaI wish I could be cooler about sharing my kombucha with the grasshopper who seemed to want to drink it. Of course it is very tasty, flavored with coconut water and ginger.
Ɠεɱɩoɠ :ca: :evergreen_tree:@Euphoria I have had some, but never made my own. I made kefir for a year or two, but after my digestion improved I got lazy and stopped...
@gemlog
I had some kefir grains for a while and made a couple of batches of coconut milk kefir but it seemed like it needed so much attention. Maybe I was anthropomorphizing or something, because it seemed like the colony would get upset if I ignored it for too long. I'm sure it was just my imagination, but I gave it away to someone who was making kefir to sell.
I had some kefir grains for a while and made a couple of batches of coconut milk kefir but it seemed like it needed so much attention. Maybe I was anthropomorphizing or something, because it seemed like the colony would get upset if I ignored it for too long. I'm sure it was just my imagination, but I gave it away to someone who was making kefir to sell.
@Euphoria You always end up with too much for your own use and have to give it away about every two weeks or it just gets too strong.
Weirdly, I too used to anthropomorphize the stuff too, which is quite an odd thing to do. I've had little truck with natural things in my life really. I noticed doing the same with my basil and oregano plants now that i think about it. I have no excuse for talking to them :-)
@gemlog
Do you really need an excuse for something that's so life enhancing?
I love plants and usually have lots of them around, but I've never had the sort of experience that I had with the kefir grains with other growing things, even though I try not to kill, disturb, or exploit anything that's living. Well, I guess that's not true, since I eat live plants, but for some reason I feel fine about that.
@Euphoria an excuse for talking to symbiotic colonies of yeast and bacteria as if they are sentient and understand me and have feelings? Yes. I think I need an excuse for that!! :-)
@gemlog
Does something need to be sentient to have feelings?
Are kefir grains the same kind of organisms that one makes kombucha from? They seem so different to me. I never get /feelings/ from my kombucha SCOBYs. Of course I don't think I've ever been moved to speak to them, either.
@Euphoria Well.. no. Not feelings of touch or maybe pain or hunger. More complex feelings of loss, longing, romance... I think those do require sentience and an awareness of 'self' as 'other' than the immediate environment.
@gemlog
Yeah, I was thinking more in terms of "communicating": I'm hungry. Feed me!
Yeah, I was thinking more in terms of "communicating": I'm hungry. Feed me!