A sandwich at Diablo Foods, a corner store in Lafayette, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +14.
Leans toward a thanksgiving sandwich, four of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More sweet 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 french roll, served cold: smoked turkey; brie; cranberry sauce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.9 | 49th |
| acid | 1.2 | 79th |
| fat | 1.8 | 35th |
| sweet | 1.1 | 90th |
| umami | 1.5 | 49th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.3 | 72nd |
92 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 french rollscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| smoked turkeyscored as Turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +16 |
| brie | protein | fat 5 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft melty | +21 |
| cranberry sauce | sauce | sweet 4 acid 3 saucy soft | +24 |
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 + Cranberry Sauce: thanksgiving logic: tart fruit on lean bird
- Brie + Cranberry Sauce: tart fruit against a soft bloomy rind
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.14 short).
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