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# Smoked Ham at Picnic
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/albany-picnic-smoked-ham/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:10:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:35:22.000Z
- Description: Smoked ham, early girl tomato jam, cheddar, arugula, dijonnaise on acme sweet baguette. Sandwich Score 66, very good. At Picnic, Albany.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Picnic](https://onesandwich.com/albany-picnic/), a deli in Albany, California.

BaguetteMustardArugulaCheddar CheeseTomatoHamBaguette

**66**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +26.

Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

100

Harmony

89

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

47

Quality

100

Envelope

99

More salt 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: smoked ham; early girl tomato jam; cheddar; arugula; dijonnaise.

## Balance

salt2.1 · 90thacid1.1 · 73rdfat1.6 · 30thsweet0.4 · 47thumami2.0 · 77thheat0.4 · 81stbitter0.5 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.1   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.1   | 73rd               |
| fat    | 1.6   | 30th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 47th               |
| umami  | 2.0   | 77th               |
| heat   | 0.4   | 81st               |
| bitter | 0.5   | 90th               |

**100** 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 |
| smoked hamscored as Ham               | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender  | **+5**    |
| early girl tomato jamscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+2**    |
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese       | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty   | **+6**    |
| arugula                               | bulk    | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender             | **−7**    |
| dijonnaisescored as Mustard           | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **+9**    |

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

- **Ham + Mustard**: deli constant: hot mustard on cured pork
- **Tomato + Cheddar Cheese**: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
- **Cheddar Cheese + Mustard**: ploughman's law: sharp cheese, sharp mustard

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Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.