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# Poor Boy at Sprankles Deli
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/benicia-sprankles-deli-poor-boy/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:16:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:29:21.000Z
- Description: Black forest ham, mortadella, salami, pepperoni, mozzarella on fresh sourdough roll. Sandwich Score 49, rough. At Sprankles Deli, Benicia.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Sprankles Deli](https://onesandwich.com/benicia-sprankles-deli/), a deli in Benicia, California.

SourdoughMozzarellaPepperoniSalamiMortadellaHamSourdough

**49**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +27.

A muffuletta with layers outside the form; two of six roles.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance

46

Harmony

85

Contrast

50

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

38

Quality

100

Envelope

91

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.

**fresh sourdough roll**, served cold: black forest ham; mortadella (high tier); salami; pepperoni; mozzarella.

## Balance

salt2.9 · 90thacid0.1 · 25thfat3.3 · 86thsweet0.2 · 26thumami2.9 · 90thheat0.4 · 78thbitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.9   | 90th               |
| acid   | 0.1   | 25th               |
| fat    | 3.3   | 86th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 26th               |
| umami  | 2.9   | 90th               |
| heat   | 0.4   | 78th               |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**71** 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    |
| --------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------- | --------- |
| fresh sourdough rollscored as Sourdough | bread   | soft chewy crusty                        | the frame |
| black forest hamscored as Ham           | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender   | **0**     |
| mortadella (high tier)                  | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft silky tender   | **+3**    |
| salami                                  | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky         | **+7**    |
| pepperoni                               | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 heat 2 chewy tender | **0**     |
| mozzarella                              | protein | fat 3 soft springy melty                 | **+10**   |

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 + Salami**: salami and ham, the deli's double cure
- **Salami + Pepperoni**: the italian sub's spiced cures
- **Pepperoni + Mozzarella**: pizza law: pepperoni under the melt

[All the sandwiches at Sprankles Deli](https://onesandwich.com/benicia-sprankles-deli/) · [The menu this was read from](https://spranklesvillagedeli.org/menu?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

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.