Ingredients:
Fresh baked Farmhouse White loaf hand cut into think slices
Pilgrim's Choice Vintage Mature Cheddar – Grated
Branston Pickle
Lurpak Spreadable
Scores:
Cheese : 8.5/10 - Strong cheese with a firm 'just crumbly' texture that melts in the mouth forming a lovely creamy paste. As this happens the 'bite' appears which is sharp and powerful but not overpowering
Cheese/Bread : 1/10 - Nothing there! The cheese completely overpowered the bread which just became a sticky glutinous mush. A substantial Granary would have been much better
Cheese/Condiment : 9.5/10 - A classic that is hard to beat. Only the small chunk version which gives a more consistent flavour per bite could have scored more
Build Quality : 8.5/10 - Thanks to thick slices and a softer texture the bread held up well helping to keep the filling from falling out
Overall Flavour : 5/10 - Would have scored much higher if the bread had factored more in the flavour and the Lurpak wasn't used
Final Score : 6.5/10
Tasting notes:
I'm of the opinion that adding fat to a sandwich ie. butter or margarine lessens your ability to actually taste the cheese and generally it should not be used at all
This was clearly the case here and the sandwich became a rather bland affair which was only broken by the use of the pickle
Whilst from a personal taste preference it lessened my enjoyment of the sandwich the fat was used here in order to help create a known benchmark that many readers will have experienced.
From this and other benchmarks to follow, a better understanding of the scoring system can be achieved and therefore future, more adventurous, sandwiches can be judged more effectively
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