A sandwich at Picnic, a deli in Albany, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +21.
Uncharted, six of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More acid than 90% of the catalog.
Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.
acme sweet baguette, served cold: Chicken Salad; Lemon; Onion; Pickle (cucumber); Arugula; Mustard.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.5 | 71st |
| acid | 2.5 | 90th |
| fat | 0.6 | 7th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 62nd |
| umami | 0.8 | 23rd |
| heat | 0.4 | 80th |
| bitter | 0.6 | 90th |
79 Balance, out of 100
The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.
What each layer brings
| Layer | Role | Flavor and texture | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| acme sweet baguettescored as Baguette | bread | crispy soft flaky | the frame |
| Chicken Salad | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft tender | +10 |
| Lemon | acid | acid 4 juicy | 0 |
| Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −1 |
| Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | +2 |
| Arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | +1 |
| Mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | 0 |
Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.
Pairings
- Chicken Salad + Pickle (cucumber): fried chicken's pickle law holds cold too
- Lemon + Arugula: pepper leaf under bright citrus
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