Recapturing a Flavor From Childhood

In the late 1950s my father would get Limpa Bread from a Swedish man named Elmer in a deli in New Jersey. Sharp cheese wrapped in a paper went on the slice of brown bread. It was delicious. I made the Joy of Cooking recipe for Limpa bread about 40 years ago but it wasn’t as I remembered. But-

I got a recipe from this library book pictured below, using some of the sourdough starter my friend gave me

I wanted an honest critique of my efforts so Chef Sam met me in the Millvale parking lot to try a slice. He brought sharp cheese, a homegrown cucumber sliced and Kalamata Olives

Maybe a tad less of the dark rye, he said, but that the flavors were wonderful

I think the recipe from this cookbook was the answer to baking the bread of my childhood, delicious