ATF MVP
Description
This is something a bit different. I wanted to create a recipe with only flavors that most people already have, as a kind of challenge. This started a brainstorming session in which i stared at my collection on ATF, looking at the number of recipes that the flavors i had were in. I wrote a short list of flavors that were used in over 3000 recipes on ATF, the "MVPs", at the most commonly used percentage and narrowed it down (after a small amount of adjusting) to this final form:
TFA Strawberry Ripe: 4%
TFA Vanilla Bean Ice Cream: 3%
CAP Vanilla Custard v1: 3%
CAP Sugar Cookie: 3%
FA Fresh Cream: 1%
FA Meringue: 1%
So the notes on this are less of a "what i was going for" and more of a "what had happened was..." so here it goes:
I mixed this at 70/30 VG(ECX)/PG(Essential Depot), with 5mg/ml nic (ECX 100% VG), and steeped it for two weeks.
This tastes like straight up delicious strawberry shortcake ice cream, with a hint of sugary milk from the bottom of a bowl of crunchberries. the Vanilla Custard gives its rich mouthfeel, the Sugar Cookie becomes shortbread chunks, the ice cream does its job as advertised, and the Ripe Strawberry works like a charm. None of that should come as much of a surprise, as you already have and use these flavors often. Fresh Cream and Meringue do an excellent job as accents here; boosting milkiness and sweetness respectively.
I hope this gives other people ideas on how to "mix outside the box."
At the end of the day this is just a run-of-the-mill strawberries and cream, but what surprised me most is that developing a recipe in this odd fashion actually yielded a delicious recipe! I know you all have these flavors, so mix this up and tell me what you think!Recipe
CAP Sugar Cookie 3%CAP Vanilla Custard 3%FA Cream Fresh 1%FA Meringue 1%TPA Strawberry (ripe) 4%TPA Vanilla Bean Ice Cream 3%Total Flavor: 15%