I was out hiking with some friends, and there was a discussion of holiday meals, and some amount of raving of ham from Bryan’s on California St in the city.
All I know about ham is the supplier is everything — all you’re doing is warming the danged thing.
If you had to get the absolutely first rate ham for an occasion, peninsula, where would you go?
Thanks for the shout-out for Bryan’s, my corner store! Certainly my go-to for meat and fish.
On the peninsula, have you tried Draeger’s in San Mateo? Usually top of the line products.
Give the lachsschinken from Dittmers a try. They are very thinly sliced and I like them much more than regular ham.
Good point…what use do you have for ham? A chunk/haunch to bake? Already cooked and or for slicing?
Serving at dinner as a roast.
Lachsschinken sounds amazing but wouldn’t likely have the same presentation?
Drager’s would be my first default, but Schaub’s is often in the running.
It occurs to me if a ham is aged 4 to 6 months, perhaps getting one shipped isn’t a big deal?
You should be able to get them unsliced if you ask them. They make theirs in the back. Get a quarter pound of sliced and see if you like them first though.
It comes in a tube, though? Bringing a tube of meat product to the table of a dinner party isn’t quite the same as a haunch of ham. I mean, we’re all about the taste, but maybe not ALL about the taste 
Thanks very much for the tip, for my personal use, it sounds great and I’ve put on my mental list swinging by there next time I have errands in the area…
Oh that ham 
. For whatever odd reason I was thinking about lunch meat ham…
There are GREAT hams that you can have shipped.
https://bentonscountryhams2.com/
https://www.finchvillefarms.com/ (these are Sugar Cured Personally not a favorite but that is just me)
https://www.edwardsvaham.com/
https://fatherscountryhams.com/
Dittmer’s should be able to supply you with a haunch. Could be worth visiting just to see.
Thanks for this recommendation. I had never heard of this place. Wish I was closer looks like a fun place to try out some new lunch meats!
They are old style, standalone, German butcher shop. that has been around since the 70s 80s. They got a large selection of sausages. They also make their own pate, which is quite good. Give it a try when you are in the area. They carry bread from Esther’s German Bakery (among others) from across the street. So they got a little German thingy going on in that corner.
Covid hit them I think pretty hard. So hopefully they hang on.
I rarely buy ham but aside from Draegers, I recommend Piazza’s, up the hill on West Hillsdale Blvd/Hwy 92, in the shopping center. Everything there is top quality, from their produce to the butcher counter and everything in between.
