I'm confuuuzed...

[Allen Fraley]

Alright I'm new so don't laugh....well go ahead if ya wanna

I have read a little from some books and it stated in one that "bone in shoulder, sometimes called a pork butt....."
So for the last week I have been thinking that a shoulder and butt is the same Although I surely know the difference between my shoulder and butt..lol

Then I read this thread and Mike indicated they were different.

http://tvwbb.com/showthread.php?37944-Pepper-Stout-Pork-Shoulder

Set me straight please

P.S. I think I know all the other parts....

 

[Mike Leiter]

This should help some:
http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/porkbuttselect.html

 

[Dave/G]

In the pork world, the term butt refers to the wooden barrels that were used to transport pork in the 1700's. Nothing to do with the rear of the animal. Just one of those crazy things we have to put up with

 

[Gene_N]

After reading this, take a step outside and breathe the cold Artic air and let it sink in...

 

[Andy in MA]

Yup. It's confusing. What you and I would consider a shoulder is called a butt. What you and I would think is the butt (hind legs) are hams.

 

[Bob Sample]

The butt is the upper part of the shoulder and the picnic is the lower part of the shoulder. If you have a whole shoulder it should have both cuts.

 

[Brian Quintal]

I'm always complimenting the ladies about their nice hams.....not sure why I don't have a lot of lady friends.

 

[Jim Lampe]

from the wikipedia:


History of the name and cut
American cuts of pork


In pre-revolutionary New England and into the American Revolutionary War, some pork cuts (not those highly valued, or "high on the hog," like loin and ham) were packed into casks or barrels (also known as "butts") for storage and shipment. The way the hog shoulder was cut in the Boston area became known in other regions as "Boston butt".