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CtheSmoke
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 Posted: Feb 03 2007 Post subject: Meat descriptions... |
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Ok, Cowboy steaks, Ribeyes, T bones and New York's... Everyone has a name depending on a location...
I send the wifey to the store yesterday for a Boston Butt. Only thing she finds is a Tyson Pork Shoulder Butt Roast. Nice looking piece of meat. Well marbled...
What frustrates me is that one side of the county calls it one thing and it's called another else where...
So, what do I have...?
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Top Gun
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From the words on the label, I'd say she came home with a butt.
And, you're right about geographic differences in "lingo"... and here's another strange fact; We all know that you get pulled pork from a Boston Butt... however, the Boston Butt that we all use, is actually part of the pig's shoulder!
The "butt" portion has more meat on it, the "picnic" shoulder can be a little tougher, same taste, and runs smaller in size because of it's physical location on the shoulder.
Stange butt true! |
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marvsbbq
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You are right again!! The 'front' shoulders are where we get the 'boston butt' (which is the upper part of shoulder) and the 'picnic' is the lower part of same shoulder.
The acutally BUTT (rear leg) is where we get our 'hams'
Never have figured out WHO ever called the front shoulder a BUTT...maybe 'confusious'??
Marv
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SoEzzy
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| marvsbbq wrote: | You are right again!! The 'front' shoulders are where we get the 'boston butt' (which is the upper part of shoulder) and the 'picnic' is the lower part of same shoulder.
The acutally BUTT (rear leg) is where we get our 'hams'
Never have figured out WHO ever called the front shoulder a BUTT...maybe 'confusious'??
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Various descriptions in various BBQ cook books say that during the age of sail, when vitals were being stored for use at sea, pork shoulders were shipped in a Butt (a wooden barrel) of a specific size that was originally made in Boston, therefore the books claim the meat that went into the barrels of that size became known as Boston Butts.
Now whether it is true or not is a matter still open to greater research, but I am willing to believe it as plausible.
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marvsbbq
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Maybe on the same boat (ship) that produced the 'Boston Tea Party'?? What are the odds???
Marv
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Notnutts
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| marvsbbq wrote: | Maybe on the same boat (ship) that produced the 'Boston Tea Party'?? What are the odds???
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THAT would be the first brined butt!! 
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Frosty
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"Country style" ribs are from the shoulder...one screwed up pig  |
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Mark H
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Country style ribs are actually from the pork loin, although it is the end of the pork loin right next to the shoulder.
It goes head, neck, butt, country style ribs, center cut rib chops.
I guess I should have started with snout. LOL
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