Bread for a patty melt (3)

I believe the answer is:

rye

(Other definitions for rye that I've seen before include "Burns's body came through" , "old port" , "J D Salinger novel 'The Catcher in the ...'" , "Cereal grain" , "Hard liquor" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal and The New York Times.

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