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title: "Smart Yogurt Maker Part 2"
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date: "2022-01-28"
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author: "William Floyd"
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# featured_image: "media/IMG_20220125_113949_cleaned.jpg"
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categories: [
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"Development",
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"Hardware",
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"Software"
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]
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tags: [
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"ESPHome",
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"Rice Cooker",
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"Home Assistant",
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"Smart Home",
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"Automation",
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"Yogurt"
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]
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---
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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.
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Now follows a tale of Accidents, Averages, and Algorithms (sorta).
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***
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# An accident has occurred
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How prophetic...
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My last post said so truly that I needed to "ensure the outlet will turn off if the ESP8266 loses connection".
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Of course, I couldn't help myself and tried making a new batch before fixing this.
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So it came to be that 6 hours into a batch of yogurt, it was unceremoniously boiled for a full hour.
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At first, all hope was lost - the mess of solidified dairy mocked me from the teflon lining of my dear rice cooker.
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As I forlornly drained the whey, I figured I'd give it a taste...
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After all, it had been boiled to death, it couldn't possibly hurt me?
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# Rice $\rightarrow$ Yogurt $\rightarrow$ Cheese?
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I had in fact made cheese.
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Not at all intentionally, and not very well (it was still somewhat yogurt-sour), but it was undeniably cheese.
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# "Next time, on Rice Cooker Adventures"
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{{< mathjax >}} |