Definition of "kephir" [kephir]

• Alternative spelling of kefir. (noun)

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• "Yeasts: alcoholic ferments in milk, 73; fruity flavor in cheese, 186; gassy due to yeasts, 186; in bitter cheese, 189; in canned butter, 159; kephir, 72."
• "From time immemorial human beings have absorbed quantities of lactic microbes by consuming in the uncooked condition substances such as soured milk, kephir, sauerkraut, or salted cucumbers, which have undergone lactic fermentation."
• "In the Caucasus I had kephir, and I used to carry kephir grains, and in America I, at least, could have kumiss or Ilya Ilich's lait caille."