Ed,
Is there not a way of creating your own mushroom from the mother of apple cider vinegar? I remember reading about this procedure some time ago but not sure which list it was on.
Dennis

Ed Kasper wrote:

two of the best non-commercial sites
Dom's Kefir site
http://users.sa.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html <http://users.sa.chariot.net.au/%7Edna/kefirpage.html> and the
Weston A Price Foundation
http://www.westonaprice.org/index.html
Besides the sour kraut and typical fermented foods there's Caspian Sea Yogurt - which requires no cooking and is smooth and drinkable. Kefir again no cooking just straining which is a powerhouse and even my 3 and 8 year olds will ask for it! There's also Kombucha Tea (recommended by Dr Robert Barefoot/ Calcium Factor) KT is a longer ferment typically 6-8 days and produces a sparkling apple cider-like tea. How to make kombucha Tea at my site http://www.happyherbalist.com/pictures.htm. The best thing is that once you get started its really easily, and cheap to make your own. And there's a lot of help at the newsgroups. You may even ask for gift - as some of the members do gladly give starters away.
Ed Kasper LAc. Licensed Acupuncturist & Herbalist
Acupuncture is a jab well done




    From Ruth Strackbein

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        From: [email protected]
        Reply-To: [email protected]
        To: [email protected] (Unknown)
        Subject: CS>Probiotic Question
        Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 03:48:00 +0000

        Could someone be so kind to advise me on a good source of
        pro-biotic...their seems to be so much bad press on some of
        them I don't know who to trust...thank in advance debbie