A sandwich at North Park Deli, a deli in Concord, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +17.
Reads as a fully realized thanksgiving sandwich, three of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: real textural contrast
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
More sweet 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.
wheat bread, served cold: turkey; cranberry sauce; stuffing.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.7 | 41st |
| acid | 0.9 | 66th |
| fat | 0.7 | 9th |
| sweet | 1.4 | 90th |
| umami | 1.1 | 31st |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.5 | 90th |
80 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wheat breadscored as Whole Wheat Bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +15 |
| cranberry sauce | sauce | sweet 4 acid 3 saucy soft | +14 |
| stuffing | bulk | salt 2 fat 2 umami 2 soft | +8 |
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
- Turkey + Cranberry Sauce: thanksgiving logic: tart fruit on lean bird
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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