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

[Brett McNamara]

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

I feel bad about this, but I'd have to disagree here.  I'd also submit
that http://www.kefir.net seems to be a fry short of a happy meal. 
They're pushing a product and leveraging an "ancient" cure-all
mystique.

>From http://www.foodsubs.com/Chefresh.html the process cited appears
identical.  I've seen many authorities note that this is basically the
same product.  I also found this site (
http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefir_cheese.html ) particularly
interesting because it did describe some kefir variants and recipes.

Additionally, the last time I bought labneh at an ethnic market, some
brands billed themselves as both labne and kefir on the container. 
Victor's ( http://www.imperialfoods.com/Page2.htm ) was the only one I
could find online.  If you look real close, you can see "kefir cheese"
under the giant labne label.  Alas, I don't have any other brands to
hand as I chose to purchase a local source.  ( Imported dairy products
with expiration dates scare me. )

Wistan



On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:16:02 -0800, lilinah at earthlink.net
<lilinah at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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
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