A sandwich at Perry's Delicatessen, a deli in Inverness, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
Reads as a fully realized muffuletta, four of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
More salt 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.
hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place), toasted: coppa (high tier); prosciutto (high tier); salami; mortadella (high tier); provolone cheese; olive muffuletta (high tier); hot mustard; spring mix greens.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 3.0 | 90th |
| acid | 0.4 | 45th |
| fat | 2.8 | 75th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 2.8 | 90th |
| heat | 0.4 | 81st |
| bitter | 0.2 | 67th |
90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| coppa (high tier)scored as Capicola (coppa) | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 silky chewy tender | −3 |
| prosciutto (high tier) | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 silky chewy tender | −5 |
| salami | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky | +18 |
| mortadella (high tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft silky tender | −7 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +7 |
| olive muffuletta (high tier)scored as Olives (olive salad, tapenade) | texture | salt 4 fat 3 bitter 2 chewy brined | +6 |
| hot mustardscored as Mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +23 |
| spring mix greens | not scored |
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
- Capicola (coppa) + Salami: the italian sub's cured pair
- Capicola (coppa) + Provolone: spiced cure under sharp provolone
- Prosciutto + Olives (olive salad, tapenade): brine against salt ham, muffuletta logic
- Salami + Provolone: italian sub spine: salami and provolone
- Salami + Olives (olive salad, tapenade): muffuletta logic: cured pork and brine
- Salami + Mustard: hot mustard against fatty salami
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.00 short).
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