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# Croque Madame Toast at Jimtown and Then Sum
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/healdsburg-jimtown-and-then-sum-croque-madame-toast/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:27:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:27:35.000Z
- Description: Canadian bacon, swiss cheese, szechuan peppercorn bechamel, fried egg on toast. Sandwich Score 67, very good. At Jimtown and Then Sum, Healdsburg.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Jimtown and Then Sum](https://onesandwich.com/healdsburg-jimtown-and-then-sum/), a deli in Healdsburg, California.

EggBéchamelSwiss CheeseHamWhite Bread

**67**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +12.

Reads as a fully realized croque monsieur, three of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

68

Harmony

89

Contrast

75

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

75

Quality

78

Envelope

100

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.

**toast**, toasted: canadian bacon; swiss cheese; szechuan peppercorn bechamel; fried egg.

## Balance

salt1.6 · 74thacid0.0fat2.9 · 76thsweet0.4 · 55thumami2.3 · 84thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.6   | 74th               |
| acid   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| fat    | 2.9   | 76th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 55th               |
| umami  | 2.3   | 84th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**68** 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    |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------- | --------- |
| toast (low tier)scored as White Bread          | bread   | soft                                   | the frame |
| canadian baconscored as Ham                    | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **+17**   |
| swiss cheese                                   | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty        | **+18**   |
| szechuan peppercorn bechamelscored as Béchamel | sauce   | fat 4 creamy silky saucy               | **0**     |
| fried eggscored as Egg                         | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy      | **0**     |

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

- **Ham + Swiss Cheese**: cured pork and nutty swiss, an old alliance

## How to raise it

Commodity bread (white bread): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.

- Judged as a croque monsieur: richness is not held against it.

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Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.