A sandwich at Sprankles Deli, a deli in Benicia, California.
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)
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
| 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
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