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THREAD. I once kept a blog about takeaway bacon sandwiches. I was a van driver at the time, delivering & collecting boxes of paper and digital data from around the North East and later the South West. So my access to these two region’s roadside cafes and butty vans was extensive.
The bacon sandwich was rated out of 5, over 5 categories, and awarded an overall score accordingly.
Marking criteria were:
1. Quantity and placement of bacon.
2. Quality of bacon and method of cooking.
3. Quality of bread.
4. Offering of spread and coverage.
5. Whether sauce was available and could be applied by the customer.
1. Quantity and placement of bacon.
2. Quality of bacon and method of cooking.
3. Quality of bread.
4. Offering of spread and coverage.
5. Whether sauce was available and could be applied by the customer.
Gold standards are:
Thick, smoked bacon, fried, two ply, in farmhouse crusty white bread, medium sliced. Spread must be offered. If taken, buttered (or good substitute) to the edge of each slice. Sauce must be offered & available for the customer to determine volume and placing.
Thick, smoked bacon, fried, two ply, in farmhouse crusty white bread, medium sliced. Spread must be offered. If taken, buttered (or good substitute) to the edge of each slice. Sauce must be offered & available for the customer to determine volume and placing.
Needless to say, nobody met these high standards, but some came close. A tiny fryer in Newcastle’s Grainger Market who did a quarter stottie, stuffed 3 ply with decent bacon stands out for me. Along with the big van on the industrial estate east of Tewkesbury on the M5.
These two scored 4+. A final criterion that was applied once the average score was in. Value for money. The Grainger Market one was only £1.50 whereas Tewkesbury was about £3. Places like Gloucester’s Crusty Cob did a lovely sandwich but over charged & lost points.
I have no idea whether that blog is still online, but it was valuable work. Not only did it serve the bacon sandwich community but it also contributed to my 10,000 hours of writing it takes to achieve any level of capability.
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