Thursday, November 7, 2019

Taliercio's Challenge: Nicky "D"

It's November and you know what that means.  We are having TURKEY sandwiches only from Taliercio's this month.  There are four more turkey sandwiches on the menu which I did not plan at all for this month.  (I did, I planned the entire thing, I'm the Dalton Russell of sandwich eating.) Now you're probably thinking, why is the D around quotation marks in this sandwich? I have no idea get your head out of the gutter.  As per tradition, we're going to power rank Nicky D's and see what this sandwich could possibly be named after.  (It's definitely named after a Taliercio's employee just so we're clear).  I have 13 FaceBook friends named Nick and none of them have a last name that starts with D, so they're all ruled out.  

200/1, Nicky D's, rapper

Nicky D's is a rapper from California who just came out with a new single, "Call Me When It's Poppin."  Never heard of him but for someone who had only 971 views on his "Official Music Video," he had some solid video production on there.  Famous lyric, "She smokin' on oregano" while eating a rice bowl from the local bodega so he might be out on the sandwich game.  Decent flow on the rest of the track though.

100/1, Nick Digiovanni, MasterChef Season 10 contestant.

I've never seen a single episode of MasterChef but apparently, this guy was the youngest finalist ever.  From the looks of his Insta game, he seems like a total bro from Rhode Island.  Unless this guy made a visit to Taliercio's in middle school and came up with a sandwich, I don't think this sandwich is named after him. Still better odds than the California SoundCloud rapper though.  

17/1, Little Nicky, Adam Sandler character

Now hear me out.  Nicky's last name in the movie Little Nicky is technically Devil since he is the son of the devil.  And while there is, unfortunately, no Popeyes chicken on this sandwich, there is pepper turkey and jalapeno jack cheese to give it the perfect devilish kick.  Definitely the best odds of the bunch.




Nicky D: Cracked Pepper Turkey, Jalapeno Jack Cheese, Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, Honey Mustard


This was an all-time sandwich to me, and really it came down to the variation of turkey and cheese.  If it were just regular turkey and regular American cheese, it would still be a good sandwich (there's still bacon and honey mustard on this thing that you cannot discredit) but definitely not upper tier.  The cracked pepper turkey with the jalapeno jack cheese though? That's next level.  And when you slather honey mustard (the definitive winner of the most underrated condiment) on there to add the sweetness you want to balance the heat, you have yourself a HOF sandwich.  Thank you, Nicky "D." 

Overall: 8.6/10


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