'Ryely' Speaking: Seeds, No Seeds, Marbled or Not?
The Harrison Bakery in Syracuse makes a mean onion rye. I love the stuff, but I generally don't drive into the city, and by the time my husband leaves work they're out.
Anyway, I've got a hankering for some and I was thinking of trying Mark Bittman's recipe. But it got me to thinking about the great rye debates: seeds or no seeds? Marble rye or not? Add ins such as onions?
I used to get onion-dill rye bread that made awesome grilled cheese sandwiches.
Me, I prefer seeds, but I like any kind of rye. My husband would rather skip the Doritos and have a hunk of onion rye with a beer. The owners of the Harrison like cottage cheese on their onion rye.
So tell me how do you like your rye and what do you use it for or with?
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16 Comments:
1. Pumpernickel
2. Marble
3. Rye w/seeds
No onion. Preferred for nearly every sandwich, but especially for deli sandwiches like ham and swiss, reuben, pastrami. I've had it toasted with eggs for breakfast, but it's not my favorite for that.
PerkyMac at 3:25PM on 01/15/09
A lovely little place here in the Dayton area serves the most perfect salted rye ( sans seeds ) with their "to die for" chopped liver....thanks to my dad, I also love peanut butter on rye.
calliope at 3:30PM on 01/15/09
jewish rye, kosher salami, cream cheese, brown mustard grilled on a flat top.
ChelleyD01 at 3:56PM on 01/15/09
I prefer a good pumpernickel, and don't really like lots of seed in my Rye either way.
Nothing better on pump than corned beef, saurkraut, thousand island dressing and swiss cheese...grilled in a skillet with lots of butter. MMM and a garlic dill, nice and crisp.
I attempted homemade rye bread once in Home Ec, back in 8th grade. It was an epic fail...all the seeds clumped in a bunch right under the crust and it was awful.
Have not attempted homemade bread since. This year I will!!
juliebugsmama at 4:08PM on 01/15/09
I love any kind of rye (other than the odd pillow-ey type I once got by mistake...ugh). And I probably love it with just about anything - ham, salami, corned beef, pastrami, caviar, lox, taramosalata, havarti...
I'm dying to make my own rye bread, but I've been having a very hard time finding rye flour round here, grrrr!
brooke29 at 4:26PM on 01/15/09
Rye with seeds, gotta have seeds or it's just not rye . I like to make roast beef and pastrimi sandwiches on rye, also ham and swiss , gotta be swiss. Love rye toast, and occasionally a fried egg sandwich on rye. I just received an order from King Arthur that included their Heidelberg Rye Sour and Deli Rye flavor additives. I'll be baking rye as soon as my new oven a rrives
@brooke29- you can get rye flour from King Arthur.
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dmcavanagh at 5:39PM on 01/15/09
@dmcavanagh - thanks for the tip! Duh!:-)
brooke29 at 5:57PM on 01/15/09
I just made a yummy pastrami ruben on seeded rye, perfect with a couple garlic dill spears on the side.
joanpieroni2 at 6:36PM on 01/15/09
Rye bread was the ONLY bread allowed in my house growing up, so after I left home, I never bought it. Never would eat seeds, and although I like the concept, the marbled rye never really 'balances' out the flavors that well of the two kinds of bread.
I'm afraid what really soured me to rye was all of the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches I had on rye. I'm more of a multigrain bread person.
Although I did used to like rye toast with whipped butter.
@brooke29--I often see rye flour at Wegman's, and you might find it in the health food section or even a health food store--for some reason, I see it with 'specialty' health food bulk items more in the general baking section.
HeartofGlass at 6:48PM on 01/15/09
I love marbled rye bread with the spinach dip my sister makes. It is really great to make a sandwich of honey baked ham and spinach dip on marbled rye the day after our Christmas party.
As to rye, my wife won't eat the seeded kind, so I only get that.
A grilled cheese sandwich on onion dill rye does sound tasty. I'm thinking laced baby swiss.
whatseatingme at 10:25PM on 01/15/09
Rye
Marbled Rye
Pumpernickel
It is all good! No seeds please.
izatryt at 10:31PM on 01/15/09
@whatseatingme~oh yeah, some baby swiss is awesome on the onion dill rye. Here's the kicker, it was also a sour dough rye. Yummm.
dhorst at 10:40PM on 01/15/09
Good thick slices of hearty Rye with Seeds (don't be hatin) hell, you could serve baby diapers on it and the rye alone will make it worth eating! Carraway seeds kick arse BTW, I just bought some for a braised red cabbage potato and kielbasa dish I'mma makin tonight!
Pavlov at 7:03AM on 01/16/09
Hmm, baby diapers, with or without mustard? That's some seriously hefty rye you like there, Pavlov! Do you have some rye on hand to mop up, and dunk in that cabbage and kielbasa? Yeah, I agree caraway seeds rock. I picked some up yesterday and will soon be making some onion rye. No doubt that I will freeze half the loaf since the husband is out of town AND I will be snacking on that, perhaps existing on the other half for the next week.
dhorst at 7:15AM on 01/16/09
All of the above... with or without seeds... love them all! (Although after Pavlov's "baby diapers" comment, it might be a while before I can eat any rye bread at all without that unpleasant image coming to mind...)
Although I agree with you about the caraway seeds, Pavlov... they are a Beautiful Thing.
Steen at 1:42PM on 01/16/09
LOVE any kind of Rye, my fav being a hearty Rye with seeds. It is now up to around $4 bucks for a small loaf but I can't be without it. Makes the best sandwiches, toast or snack. Have to agree with Pavlov, I'd eat Rye with anything :)
ddvierra68 at 12:16PM on 01/21/09