A sandwich at The Farmhand, a deli in Guerneville, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good. Small moves left on the board.
Reads as a fully realized turkey sandwich, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a focused, restrained build
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.
nightingale's bakery seeded sourdough, served cold: willi bird smoked turkey; brie; tomato; lettuce; mayo; pesto.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.2 | 62nd |
| acid | 0.9 | 64th |
| fat | 2.9 | 76th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 21st |
| umami | 1.8 | 63rd |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.2 | 70th |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nightingale's bakery seeded sourdoughscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| willi bird smoked turkeyscored as Turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +11 |
| brie | protein | fat 5 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft melty | −3 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +18 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +11 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | −4 |
| pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | −7 |
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 + Brie: soft brie gives lean turkey its fat
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Turkey + Mayonnaise: turkey and mayo, the deli default
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a focused, restrained build (0.14 short).
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