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Show HN: Tool to calculate how much milk is needed to make an amount of cheese

129 pointsby hgargover 1 year ago

23 comments

nomilkover 1 year ago
Simple tools like this are not to be underestimated. This random egg boil time calculator is solely responsible for me having perfectly boiled eggs the past few years: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.omnicalculator.com&#x2F;food&#x2F;eggs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.omnicalculator.com&#x2F;food&#x2F;eggs</a><p>(the main three variables that dramatically alter boil time are soft vs hard boiled, starting temp [e.g. refrigerated vs room temp], and egg weight)
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saurabhchalkeover 1 year ago
This is the script used for the underlying calculation:<p>&#x2F;&#x2F; script.js<p>&#x2F;&#x2F; Yield factors for each cheese type<p>const baseYieldFactors = { &quot;cheddar&quot;: 0.10, &quot;mozzarella&quot;: 0.20, &quot;parmesan&quot;: 0.09, &quot;gouda&quot;: 0.12, &quot;brie&quot;: 0.15, &quot;camembert&quot;: 0.15, &quot;blue cheese&quot;: 0.13, &quot;feta&quot;: 0.17, &quot;ricotta&quot;: 0.20, &quot;monterey jack&quot;: 0.10, &quot;swiss&quot;: 0.10, &quot;colby&quot;: 0.10, &quot;provolone&quot;: 0.10, &quot;cottage cheese&quot;: 0.18, &quot;cream cheese&quot;: 0.20 };<p>&#x2F;&#x2F; Milk type factors<p>const milkTypeFactors = { &quot;cow&quot;: 1.0, &quot;goat&quot;: 0.9, &quot;sheep&quot;: 1.1, &quot;buffalo&quot;: 1.2, &quot;camel&quot;: 0.8, &quot;mare&quot;: 0.7, &quot;reindeer&quot;: 1.15, &quot;yak&quot;: 1.10, &quot;donkey&quot;: 0.75 };<p>&#x2F;&#x2F; Calculate milk volume based on cheese type, milk type, and desired weight<p>var baseYield = baseYieldFactors[cheeseType]; var milkAdjustment = milkTypeFactors[milkType]; var adjustedYield = baseYield * milkAdjustment;<p>&#x2F;&#x2F; Calculate milk volume range<p>var minMilkVolume = weight &#x2F; (adjustedYield * 1.1); var maxMilkVolume = weight &#x2F; (adjustedYield * 0.9);
DoreenMicheleover 1 year ago
Does anyone know of any online sites with simple recipes or instructions for some basic cheeses?<p>I have heard ricotta can be made by just adding lemon or vinegar to milk. It&#x27;s basically curds.<p>Ricotta in Germany was completely different from what I have found in the US and I have long wondered if I could <i>make</i> ricotta I would actually eat.
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WiseWeaselover 1 year ago
Very handy tool!<p>An improvement might be to make milk type the first choice, and limit the cheese options based on milk type selection. Or maybe just combine both into a single selection with milk type option groups.
azepoiover 1 year ago
Most hard pressed cheeses (think comté, beaufort, gruyère, gouda) are around 10L&#x2F;kg, Parmigiano reggiano is more like 15L&#x2F;kg, so I think the app underestimate it, unless by Parmesan you mean not the real deal<p>Obviously dryer cheeses are more dense and require more milk per kg as they age<p>The cheese choice is severly lacking :) The milk type choice is nice, as Cow&#x27;s milk contains more water compared to goat or sheep&#x27;s
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underlinesover 1 year ago
Swiss here who worked in the national dairy laboratory before switching into IT.<p>What does this calculator mean by the cheese type &quot;Swiss&quot;?
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mstnglover 1 year ago
I would like to see the calculation for sour milk &#x2F; Acid-set cheese, especially German variety Harzer. Among countless kinds of cheese, despite strongly polarizing due to its taste and smell, it has some &quot;super food&quot; features: Harzer contains very little fat (less than 1%) but extremely high protein (usually around 30%).
ggambettaover 1 year ago
Super useful website! One of my dreams &#x2F; unrealized projects is to make my own wheel of parmesan. One day...<p>But I take offense at &quot;Swiss cheese&quot;... are we talking Gruyere? Emmental? Appenzeller? Raclette? Tilsiter? Sbrinz? Or one of the many other delicious cheeses we have in Switzerland?
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eviksover 1 year ago
A simple table with instant calculation defaulting to the output of 1 would be better for the curious
stevageover 1 year ago
Pro tip for anyone ever making an app like this. Ditch the calculate button, and update the calculation everytime any input changes.
coldtraitover 1 year ago
It&#x27;s missing my milk of choice, pig milk.
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huhtenbergover 1 year ago
Add paneer as an option? Arguably the simplest cheese to make of them all.
RonnieOwnsLexusover 1 year ago
you can add 1 more type which is quite popular in Indian Subcontinent. Panner
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katzenversteherover 1 year ago
Would be nice to adapt it for tofu as well. It&#x27;s a similar process.
qingcharlesover 1 year ago
Off-topic, but this is the first .ing site I&#x27;ve seen in the wild...
hanniabuover 1 year ago
I love simple tools like this.<p>Now all it needs is some cheese recipes.
0xEFover 1 year ago
Brb, about to go make 100kg of Donkey Chedder
moose44over 1 year ago
Anyone know one for butter?
luxuryballsover 1 year ago
which one of these is closest to human milk? or maybe you can add that
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LanzVonLover 1 year ago
I&#x27;d like to try it but it&#x27;s blocked in my region.
lloydatkinsonover 1 year ago
It doesn’t contain the calculation for Red Leicester.
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bruce511over 1 year ago
Some years ago, I decided to make cheese as a hobby. Got a starter kit, bought an extra fridge and so on.<p>Turns out making cheese is -really- easy. Milk, rennet, culture, time.<p>Making -specific kind of cheese- though is hard. Recipes are very precise (so you need things like good pH measurers).<p>The biggest problem for me was the waiting time. I&#x27;m into software - fix, recompile, run, repeat. Whereas &#x27;leave for 3 months, 6 months, a year, and see if you got it right&#x27; was too slow of a feedback loop.<p>These days I only make soft-cheeses, take a week or less, and only in tiny batches (and irregularly).<p>Overall learning the process was fun, and a cool thing to do, but if you want good cheese, well, find a good cheese store :)
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ape4over 1 year ago
If you don&#x27;t enter a weight says NaN but that&#x27;s kind of bread ;)