A sandwich at Jimtown and Then Sum, a deli in Healdsburg, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +18.
A breakfast sandwich with layers outside the form; three of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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.
house made focaccia, toasted: scrambled egg; melted cheese; bacon or chicken apple sausage.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.9 | 84th |
| acid | 0.3 | 35th |
| fat | 3.3 | 87th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 2.3 | 85th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| house made focacciascored as Focaccia | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| scrambled eggscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +1 |
| melted cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | −7 |
| bacon or chicken apple sausagescored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +2 |
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
- Egg + Bacon: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk
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