Goodbye pork chops, hello Denver steak!

[BigMeatballDave]

The pork shoulder has been called the Boston Butt for as long as I can remember.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Dave

The pork shoulder has been called the Boston Butt for as long as I can remember.

Really? The Pork Shoulder has been called the "Pork Shoulder" for as long as I can remember.

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Really? The Pork Shoulder has been called the "Pork Shoulder" for as long as I can remember.

The pork shoulder is the entire cut. It contains both the butt and picnic cut. The butt portion has had the name Boston attached to it for a long time.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Stewie

The pork shoulder is the entire cut. It contains both the butt and picnic cut. The butt portion has had the name Boston attached to it for a long time.

The 'Butt' refers to how it was stored.

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by Dave

The 'Butt' refers to how it was stored.

That may have been true 200 years ago, but it's a specific cut now. You don't buy pork butt because it's stored in a certain manner.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Stewie

That may have been true 200 years ago, but it's a specific cut now. You don't buy pork butt because it's stored in a certain manner.

I'm just saying that is how the name came about.

Boston was the style of cut, and Butt is how they were stored.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Really? The Pork Shoulder has been called the "Pork Shoulder" for as long as I can remember.

LOL

You've never heard a pork shoulder called a Boston Butt?

[KCUnited]

Boston Butt is a specific way the shoulder is cut, it's not the entire pork shoulder.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

Boston Butt is a specific way the shoulder is cut, it's not the entire pork shoulder.

Correct. I should have been more specific.

[Easy 6]

Denver already has an omelette, **** them.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Really? The Pork Shoulder has been called the "Pork Shoulder" for as long as I can remember.

Don’t be too grossed out when you hear this name; it doesn’t mean “butt” as in “rear end” – the cut actually comes from the front shoulder of the pig. So why “butt”? During colonial days New England butchers tended to take less prized cuts of pork like these and pack them into barrels for storage and transport. The barrels the pork went into were called butts. This particular shoulder cut became known around the country as a New England specialty, and hence it became the “Boston butt.”

http://www.curiousread.com/2009/08/h...eir-names.html