Rye bread -- the hallmark loaf for the best Reuben sandwich -- is characteristically more dense than loaves made with wheat ...

Look for a grey colour and close texture to the crumb; usually the darker the grey the more rye flour the bread contains. The colour is difficult to reproduce with additives, so dough with a low ...

It grows rapidly and vigorously from seed. Rye tends to be taller thank wheat. This plant is a bunch type grass with many upright tillers. The leaves, like most small grains are rolled in the whorl.