I know that rye flour doesn't have any particular taste itself, but
usually when I get a sandwich with "rye" bread, it has a particular
flavor (caraway?), which I associate with rye bread.

So today I wanted some rye bread to finish off some corned beef for
sandwiches. By the time I got there this afternoon, the little bakery
was all out of bread (it's an Italian bakery so I don't even know if
they'd have rye). Aha! What about the new kosher grocery store right
across the street? Although the square footage is bigger than most of
the kosher stores in the area (which are about the size of convenience
stores), they didn't have much in the way of bread. I picked up one
of the only rye loaves, which was labeled "Jewish rye." When I got it
home and tried a piece, it pretty much looks and tastes like white
bread. It's nice and fresh, but not what I expected even from a light
rye and I really don't need this much (2 lb!) of white bread.

There is no doubting the Jewish credentials of this place or the bread
(judging from the label), so I guess I was off the mark. I will avoid
"Jewish rye bread" when I want whatever it really is that I want when
I find out what that is.

My question is... what do I look for to get the kind of bread you get
in a Jewish *deli* (or any other, for that matter) when you tell them
you want "rye"? What is the default rye? "Caraway rye?"
pumpernickel? or something else?

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!