From 2c777b7082945385d7e0f398e0932f23c497d701 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: William Floyd Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 23:31:03 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] yogurt: Add preliminary part 2. --- .../posts/smart-yogurt-maker-part-02/index.md | 47 +++++++++++++++++++ .../smart-yogurt-maker-part-02/media/src/.env | 0 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/smart-yogurt-maker-part-02/index.md create mode 100644 content/posts/smart-yogurt-maker-part-02/media/src/.env diff --git a/content/posts/smart-yogurt-maker-part-02/index.md b/content/posts/smart-yogurt-maker-part-02/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6194519 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/smart-yogurt-maker-part-02/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +title: "Smart Yogurt Maker Part 2" +date: "2022-01-28" +author: "William Floyd" +# featured_image: "media/IMG_20220125_113949_cleaned.jpg" +categories: [ + "Development", + "Hardware", + "Software" +] +tags: [ + "ESPHome", + "Rice Cooker", + "Home Assistant", + "Smart Home", + "Automation", + "Yogurt" +] +--- + +In [Part 1](../smart-yogurt-maker-part-01) I got my rice cooker reporting temperature and roughly maintaining a set-point, producing my first batch of yogurt. +Now follows a tale of Accidents, Averages, and Algorithms (sorta). + +*** + +# An accident has occurred + +How prophetic... +My last post said so truly that I needed to "ensure the outlet will turn off if the ESP8266 loses connection". +Of course, I couldn't help myself and tried making a new batch before fixing this. +So it came to be that 6 hours into a batch of yogurt, it was unceremoniously boiled for a full hour. + +At first, all hope was lost - the mess of solidified dairy mocked me from the teflon lining of my dear rice cooker. +As I forlornly drained the whey, I figured I'd give it a taste... +After all, it had been boiled to death, it couldn't possibly hurt me? + +# Rice $\rightarrow$ Yogurt $\rightarrow$ Cheese? + +I had in fact made cheese. +Not at all intentionally, and not very well (it was still somewhat yogurt-sour), but it was undeniably cheese. + + + +# "Next time, on Rice Cooker Adventures" + + +{{< mathjax >}} \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/posts/smart-yogurt-maker-part-02/media/src/.env b/content/posts/smart-yogurt-maker-part-02/media/src/.env new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29