A sandwich at The Farmhand, a deli in Guerneville, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +21.
A pastrami on rye with layers outside the form; six of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More acid 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.
sourdough, toasted: hot pastrami; swiss cheese; pickles; red onions; pepperoncinis; mustard.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.4 | 90th |
| acid | 2.4 | 90th |
| fat | 1.1 | 15th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 36th |
| umami | 1.4 | 47th |
| heat | 0.7 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 65th |
96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| hot pastramiscored as Pastrami | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +7 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +7 |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | 0 |
| red onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −3 |
| pepperoncinisscored as Pepperoncini | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet | −5 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +5 |
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
- Pastrami + Swiss Cheese: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
- Pastrami + Mustard: deli law: sharp mustard against cured beef
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