yogurt: Add preliminary part 2.

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+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 >}}