Club Sandwich

also called club · clubhouse sandwich · triple decker · turkey club · club house

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The table

Club Sandwich: ingredients down the left, what to do with them across. Tap any cell to cross it off.
6 sliceswhite sandwich breadtoast all six slices, 3 minspread every inside facestack two decks, pick the quarters, cut both diagonals
3 Tbs(45 mL)mayonnaise
6 slicesthick-cut baconfry until flat and crisp, 8 min
6 oz(170 g; sliced thin)roast turkey
1 large(in 1/4-in slices)beefsteak tomato
4 leavesiceberg lettuce
1/4 tspkosher salt
1/4 tspblack pepper
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What to lay out

Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.9 things to get out.

Pans and tools

1toast all six slices, 3 min

2fry until flat and crisp, 8 min

3spread every inside face

goes in with what step 1 made

4stack two decks, pick the quarters, cut both diagonals

goes in with what steps 2 and 3 made

Cooking it

Start to finish is the longest chain through the table, so branches that overlap are counted once. That is why the waits add up to more than the clock — and it only holds if you get them going together.

Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.

The clock

Start to finish
at least 8 mintwo waits that overlap count once
Needs you
11 minof the steps that give a time

2 of the 4 steps never say how long they take, so both numbers are floors. It adds up to more hands-on time than the whole dish takes because two branches run at once — which needs someone free to run both. The recipe itself says 20 min.

  1. fry until flat and crisp, 8 min

    8 minneeds youfrom the start

  2. toast all six slices, 3 min

    3 minneeds youfrom the start

  3. spread every inside face

    not timed3 min in

  4. stack two decks, pick the quarters, cut both diagonals

    not timed8 min in

Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them. Bars that line up are happening at the same time.

You'll need skillet

See how it is written
>> title: Club Sandwich
>> category: Sandwiches & Rolls
>> tags: turkey, bacon, toast, sandwich, lunch
>> counters: Diner, Deli
>> aka: club, clubhouse sandwich, triple decker, turkey club, club house
>> servings: 2
>> time: 20 min
>> step.1: fry until flat and crisp, 8 min
>> step.2: toast all six slices, 3 min
>> step.3: spread every inside face
>> step.4: stack two decks, pick the quarters, cut both diagonals

Fry @thick-cut bacon{6%slices} in a #skillet{} over medium heat ~fry{8%min}, turning and pressing, until it is flat and brittle. Curled bacon is what makes a club slide apart on the plate.

Toast @white sandwich bread{6%slices} ~toast{3%min}, three slices to a sandwich — the middle slice is what makes it a club rather than a large sandwich.

Spread @mayonnaise{3%Tbs}(45 mL) over every inside face of @&(~1)toast{}, right to the edges.

Layer @&(~3)bacon{}, @roast turkey{6%oz}(170 g; sliced thin), @beefsteak tomato{1%large}(in 1/4-in slices), @iceberg lettuce{4%leaves}, @kosher salt{1/4%tsp} and @black pepper{1/4%tsp} across @&(~1)dressed toast{} in two decks — turkey below, bacon and tomato above — then run a pick through each quarter and cut corner to corner both ways. The picks go in before the knife, or the decks slide.