As always, the purpose of this thread is to gather the community to explore a category of flavor and its many uses.
##⭐ This week's flavor is . . . Plum
Post your own recipes containing this week's Flavor of the Week, as the star or in a supporting role, with or without development notes. Talk about other people's recipes that use it. Share flavor notes. Compare and contrast different manufacturers' versions of the FOTW. Ask for help using a flavor in general or to achieve something specific, offer advice, brainstorm ideas, consider substitutions, suggest pairings... really anything at all as long as it's on topic. But most of all, remember to have FUN
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###🔗 USEFUL LINKS
GENERAL INFORMATION
Plum on Wikipedia | Flavor Facts - Plum | Plum Recipes on ATF
FLAVOR OF THE WEEK
Plum 1 | Plum 2
NOTED PODCASTS
Plum
INFORMATION ARCHIVES
FOTW Listing | FOTW/Noted Spreadsheet | Flavor Facts
LAST WEEK
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🗓 COMING ATTRACTIONS
Here's a peek at what's on the schedule . . .
|DATE|FOTW|DATE|FOTW|DATE|FOTW|
|---:|:---|---:|:---|---:|:---|
|Aug03|Grapefruit|Dec07|🍂 ORIENTAL|Apr12|Clove|
|Aug10|Butter|Dec14|Cocoa|Apr19|Blueberry Blends|
|Aug17|Apricot|Dec21|Herbs|Apr26|Just Blueberry |
|Aug24|🍂 5's and 7's|Dec28|⭐ FOTY 2021|May03|Plain Lemonade |
|Aug31|⭐ FOTQ VI|Jan04|Huckleberry|May10|Corn|
|Sep07|Kiwi|Jan11|Pretzel|May17|Pineapple|
|Sep14|Cucumber|Jan18|Banana Nut Bread|May24|Fruity Custard|
|Sep21|Black Licorice|Jan25|Sesame |May31|⭐ FOTQ IX|
|Sep28|Passionfruit|Feb01|Toffee|Jun07|🍂 Black Tobacco|
|Oct05|Purple Grape|Feb08|Wild Cherry|Jun14|Plain Custard|
|Oct12|Cactus|Feb15|Blueberry + Bakery|Jun21|🍓 Strawberry & Cream|
|Oct19|SOUR|Feb22|Blueberry Candy|Jun28|Vanilla Custard|
|Oct26|Dark Chocolate|Mar01|⭐ FOTQ VIII|Jul05|Jackfruit|
|Nov02|Maple|Mar08|🍂 Gold Tobacco|Jul12|Rice|
|Nov09|Smoothie|Mar15|🍓 Strawberry Lemonade|Jul19|Cinnamon Danish|
|Nov16|French Vanilla|Mar22|Blueberry Jam|Jul26|🍓 Strawberry Milk|
|Nov23|Apple+Bakery|Mar29|Bilberry|Aug02|??|
|Nov30|⭐ FOTQ VII|Apr05|Pink Lemonade|Aug09|??|
####Q: How do flavors get put on the schedule?
####A: Requests and suggestions from people like YOU!
If there's something you'd like to see, just post a request in this thread. You can request both a specific flavor profile and where it lands on the calendar.
Well I'm glad my boss wasnt standing behind me when I clicked THAT photo link.........
David! That picture!!! 👀
I posted it with aplomb because it's clearly just a stone fruit. Someone needs to get her mind out the gutter.
Oh plum, my first flavour that I bought! My idea jumping into DIY was simple, to try in vapour form the fruits that I enjoyed eating growing up. I had fond memories of eating plums with some chili salt, thought it was a good idea to buy a plum flavour. Read this review and bought INW Plum. Not a good idea, very hard flavour to use, not beginner friendly like the ones on the side bar. I tried and tried but couldn't get it right. Now after many bottles of testers, I don't think I could ever vape plums again. I also tried to salvage the dollars I spent on it by spiking drinks with the INW Plum, it actually worked well with a few drops into a glass of cold pilsner, but I can only drink so much beer. My confidence in mixing plummeted, I poured the rest of the bottle down the drain (hope the plumber wouldn't mind). Now I only follow recipes or do single flavours.
Of course I don't have any plum flavours, but I do have a fun fact for you, in lieu of that picture up there:
"plum" in Dutch ("pruim") is slang for the female equivalent of what everyone thought of when they saw that picture.
Well...that picture got me. I was frozen in horror and laughing at the same time. Wasn't expecting to get into a one eyed staring contest today lol not tomorrow either for that matter lol
Plum, if I may say, is a flavor I have not used much. I have A plum flavor, but just the one. I think it's FA Plum or some such. Could be wrong. I'll give it a good SFT this week. Maybe I can add more to the conversation.
Somebody plum twisted their head right around🤯.
I haven't used a plum flavoring yet in a recipe, but I enjoy eating them. Can't wait to gain some insight on which ones to try.
I taste some plum notes in FLV Persimmon, so I think this flavor has some potential. Looking forward to hear more about plums.
Also, can we take a moment and appreciate poor Emily’s plight when she gets to read a comment? I hope it’s a good one.
Plum is weird. Y’all doing recipes this week?
I’m not but I think Sam might try to slip one in. I’ve got my hands full with 19 plums
I notice there's actually an open spot on the calendar . . . time to pounce!
I really like the recent shift to smaller more refined categories for FOTW. I'd like to take to be the first to take the next step and request a single Flavor Note. The note that I'm referring to is the golden brown and delicious flavor of the Maillard Reaction - things with a campfire vibe. Can we have . . .
Flavor of the Week - Roasted & Toasted
First thoughts go to the obvious flavors - Toasted Marshmallow, Toasted Almond, Roasted Hazelnut/Pecan. Toasted Coconut, etc. Then there's all of the related flavors you might use to produce the same flavor note - FLV Smoked Butterscotch, VT Scorched Caramel, FA Black Fire, etc. And you know someone will invite Meringue or maybe Brulee to the party.
And it can be tied into this week's FOTW with INW Smoked Plum!
Except that if I listed everything toasted, roasted, smoked, scotched, burnt, and brulee on my flavor spreadsheet, we'd have quite a list of flavors. We could even focus more laser-like on some of these. Toasted Marshmallow could easily be it's own FOTW, as could meringue and brulee. Roasted and Toasted Nuts as well, and coconut is kind of a nut.
Meringue was FOTW just 6 months ago - so no need to rehash it so soon. It's been nearly three years since (Creme) Brulee had the spotlight - so maybe it's time?
As for the rest, maybe just two - Toasted Marshmallows and Roast/Toast Nuts?
Toasted Marshmallow - TFA, FW, DF, DIYFS, FP, OOO
Toasted Almond (TFA, CAP, FW, SI, VF, NV), WF Roasted Pecans & Cream, WF Honey Roasted Peanuts, WF Roasted Hazelnuts, EUR Roasted Hazelnut, NF Honey Roasted
Medicine Flower Plum is the only plum I have, this recipe is an excellent black cherry plum. Dark Stone Fruit #856
Ingredient|% :---|---: Black Cherry (MF)|0.90 Plum (MF)|0.90 Super Sweet (CAP)|0.25 Sweet Candy (CAP)|1.00
Flavor total: 3.05%
that pic is hilarious, lol first we had the strap-on scandal, now we get the plum plight!
the only plum flavor i've tried is MF Plum + it's one of my top 5 MF flavors (out of the 10 or so that i have). really looking forward to this week's episode, this is a flavor i probably wouldn't have delved into much on my own despite loving irl plums.
Does anybody know which flavor is the one that taste like quick strawberry milk it was in one of the episodes of noted but I can't remember which one
I think it was Delosi Strawberry Milk someone was saying that about. Or it might have been Vape Train Strawberry Milk. I don't agree on either count although it does seem like either of them could be worked with to get there.