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products. In the cheese case, find goose fat in a 14-ounce tub. Palo A lto Firef ighters’ Pepper Sauce sits next to Curry Gewurz (that is, spicy) Ketchup. Pickles and sauerkraut abound. Vacuumpacked meats and fish in the cool case include pickled pork hock, tri-tip, butter chicken and smoked salmon. And in the extensive freezer section, find ground lamb, beef bones, caul fat and veal loaf (with cooking directions on top). As ever, Dittmer’s does not ship or deliver. Dittmer’s
products are not available elsewhere, not even online. There is a knife-sharpening service one Saturday each month. The point is to come in and experience a real butcher shop. The Village Court Shopping Center, on the Los Altos side of El Camino Real at San Antonio Avenue, has seen a lot of coming and going. With continuing construction in one area and desperate people sniffing out the scent of sausage, pay attention to your parking.
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Dittmer’s Gourmet Meats and Wurst-Haus 4540 El Camino Real, Los Altos (650) 941-3800. dittmers.com Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Closed Sunday.
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