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So I ignored my poor little scoby (sitting in a good amount of liquid) for too long and it has mold on it now. I really need to toss it and start over. I know the gal that grew and gifted her to me used herbal tea...sounds like this might have helped it mold or is it just that I left it unattended for so long?

I think that a scoby built on an herbal tea is not as healthy as one grown on conventional tea so it's possible that she succumbed because she didn't have the right pH? Healthy scobies need the tannins in black tea (or green, oolong etc) to thrive. Maybe try growing your own using plain GT kombucha and some sweet black tea? 1 cup of heated water, 1 teabag, 1/8 cup of sugar added to the bottle of GTs plain and then set with a cloth on top for about 14 days.

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GTs gingerade and their grape flavour are my two favourites. Recently I got the grape down pat and now I'm goign to start working on the gingerade. I think a lot has to do with what combo of tea you use for the initial fermentation because flavouring, to me, only seems to take it so far. I wondered if using ginger juice and lemon zest (so more gingery and the essence of a bit of lemon instead of the tartness of the juice) might work so that's where I'll go first.

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Karin ~ I've personally found that after 3 eggs, I can add as many more as I could stuff in me but they don't provide the same satisfaction and "appetite duration" as if I keep the eggs at about 2 and add a couple ounces of meat.  Maybe give that combo a try if the eggs aren't doing it for you?

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But I do admit I keep wanting to add a hamburger patty, that would be 2 different protein sources but would overwhelm the portions of veggies.

For breakfast (and when breakfast is for dinner), I almost always eat a meat protein with the eggs (usually a couple ounces of meat protein and 2 eggs) because just eggs alone doesn't seem to keep me going as long and I really prefer to use eggs in at least one meal a day in order to keep costs down.

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Kirkor ~ OMG, that made me laugh out loud in my extremely quiet office! 

 

I tried the "holding" method also but when my answer came up to 5, I went back to having a couple ounces of meat and a couple eggs as the protein for breakfast...seems to be the right prescription for me!