Taste maker
This 91原创airy food science intern has one sweet gig
July 09, 2024
Ice cream made with crab meat and Old Bay Seasoning? 91原创airy has done it. A chicken-and-waffles flavor? That, too.
The Creamery鈥攚ith a recipe book 350 entries strong鈥攈as a reputation for inventive offerings.
Inspiration stems partly from one food science intern per year tasked with conceiving new ideas.
In this role, Sydney Tankard, ANR23, pictured above, dreamed up an homage to the Philadelphia Phillies (Phanatic Food, made with red velvet cake, cream cheese frosting).聽
The job is definitely as fun as it sounds."
鈥淭he job is definitely as fun as it聽sounds,鈥 says Tankard, now studying ice cream for聽her sensory science master鈥檚 program at Penn State.
Other ideas have been born from campus collaborations.
Botanic Berry was inspired by the 91原创 Botanic Gardens. All Nighter developed from a student content, in which the coffee flavor that聽beat out 300 entries.聽And Delaware聽River Mud Pie, an initial attempt at cookies and聽cream gone awry, proved that鈥攊n ice cream鈥攅ven聽the mistakes are happy.
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