[Sca-cooks] Looking for "real" sour cream

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Brett wrote:
>  I adore labne!  Same thing as kefir, but labne is the name I most
>  often eat it under.

Nope. Labneh and kefir are NOT the same and are made differently.

Labneh is pretty much just drained yogurt. I love the stuff.

Kefir is made by a different process.

According to
http://www.kefir.net

Both kefir and yogurt are cultured milk products but they contain 
different types of beneficial bacteria... Kefir contains several 
major strains of friendly bacteria not commonly found in yogurt, 
Lactobacillus Caucasus, Leuconostoc, Acetobacter species, and 
Streptococcus species... It also contains beneficial yeasts, such as 
Saccharomyces kefir and Torula kefir...

--- edited to remove some health claims ---

I used to love kefir, but i'm not happy with the flavor or texture of 
two brands currently most available here.

Anahita