A sandwich at Sprankles Deli, a deli in Benicia, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +9.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a focused, restrained build
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
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.
choice of bread, served cold: cream cheese; hummus; honey mustard (low tier); cucumber; yellow bell pepper; avocado; onion; tomato; pepperoncinis; sprouts; lettuce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 44th |
| acid | 1.0 | 72nd |
| fat | 1.4 | 22nd |
| sweet | 0.6 | 71st |
| umami | 0.6 | 18th |
| heat | 0.3 | 73rd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 52nd |
86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| choice of bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| cream cheese | fat | fat 4 creamy silky smooth | +3 |
| hummus | sauce | fat 3 creamy | −5 |
| honey mustard (low tier) | sauce | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 saucy smooth | −8 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +7 |
| yellow bell pepperscored as Bell Pepper | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +4 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +3 |
| pepperoncinisscored as Pepperoncini | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet | −9 |
| sprouts | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
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
- Cream Cheese + Cucumber: tea sandwich core: cool on cool
- Hummus + Cucumber: cool crunch over nutty hummus
- Bell Pepper + Onion: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- Avocado + Sprouts: california crunch on green fat
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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