I just had to laugh when I read this. I grew up in Chicago, lived in Germany for years, and just love a good rye bread. I almost always make my own now because I'm a Winter Texan, living in the Rio Grand Valley. Believe me when I say there aren't any deli's around here like you are talking about! I ordered a Patty Melt sandwich at a local restaurant and it came on Texas Toast. It was good, just left me puzzled about the rye bread factor. When I am in Michigan I can get fairly nice rye bread at the grocery store, but the homemade is the best. At least up there I can buy rye flour at the local grocery. Here they don't have it at all. We all have to learn to appreciate local color and regional differences. I have never had so much great Mexican food in my life, or better oranges and ruby red grapefruit.

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