"Pamela" > wrote in message
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> On 06:18 27 Nov 2018, "Julie Bove" > wrote in
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>> I am sooo confused! Tried to buy rye flour today. First store had a
>> SEM that only indicated Bob's Red Mill Rye Flour. Nothing was on the
>> shelf and when I asked if there might be any in the back, the girl
>> just laughed. Said if there was anything at all in the back, it would
>> be bulk foods. This was at Albertsons. They don't sell bulk foods.
>> They are in the process of converting to a Safeway though. Some
>> Safeways do sell bulk.
>>
>> I then went to Central Market. They used to be my go to store for
>> baking stuff but... They have remodeled many times and today was a
>> real disappointment. Looks like yet another remodel. Their once
>> beautiful and vastly varied produce dept. was about half empty. Row
>> after row of new black trays sitting empty, leaving customers to
>> wonder what is meant to be there.
>>
>> On to the baking aisle. The only rye flour there was Bob's Red Mill
>> Dark, Organic. Which according to their website, is the only rye flour
>> they sell.
>>
>> The bulk section had only one kind of rye flour. Medium rye. But...
>> The bin was very small and I don't think I got enough to make my
>> bread.
>>
>> I told my friend that I might have to use some of the dark in this
>> first batch if there isn't enough of the medium.
>>
>> She wrongly assumed that you would use the dark to make dark rye
>> bread. But in looking at recipes, the dark in dark rye bread comes
>> from coffee and/or cocoa powder.
>>
>> So what is this dark rye flour good for? I see no recipes that use it
>> but a search brought up this link which told me to avoid it!
>>
>> https://www.sourdoughhome.com/index....ntent=ryetypes
>>
>> Help! Thanks!
>
> Dark rye flour is a milled from a different part of the grain. You can
> imitate it by colouring light rye but it's not the real thing.
>
> Dark rye has a stronger flavour. Using only light rye in a loaf (and
> perhaps mixing it with wheat) is far too bland for me but many people seem
> to like it.

So is medium a less strongly flavored than light but less than dark? In
researching, I think the fiber is more the darker it is. My friend is on a
low fiber diet so light would be best from that standpoint if what I read is
true. Just haven't found any.