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Had Any Boston Roast Lately?

dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m

13 years ago

Check the link out.

dcarch

Here is a link that might be useful: Boston Roast

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lcubed
13 years ago
The packaging on the one I cooked last week still says Boston butt!
User
13 years ago
Sounds like we will have to learn a new language I wonder how fast Canada will follow suit in the renaming process.
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This actually made me google to see if Wendy's still has pulled pork. But then I thought the better of it since we're going out to dinner shortly at a place that serves way too much. I've been having a hard time finding Boston butt. Last time I made it with the picnic, and wasn't happy with it. Not sure if it was the cut or just bad luck, but I've made the same recipe with butt many times and never a problem. I'm on a mission now. Enjoy!
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User
13 years ago
Boston Butt hasn't been called Boston Butt here for as long as I can recall. Actually not sure if it ever was.

It's a pork shoulder roast or now I see pork blade roast...but not butt.... LOL

I have never seen a flat iron, skirt steak or tri tip here.......however if I ask my butcher he produces said cut but he butchers it specially. You would never see it in the meat section of a grocery store...or at least I haven't.
triciae
13 years ago
Saw that article on Comcast yesterday & mentioned it to DH. Just another way to charge a bit more. Boston Roast sounds more upscale than Boston Butt>. :)

/tricia
User
13 years ago
I still see "butt" used on our labels. Hams are either shank end or butt end.
User
13 years ago
I've seen it on hams but never on fresh pork roasts...never.
Teresa_MN
13 years ago
This never would have caught my attention if Dcarch had not posted this thread yesterday.

Perusing the Sunday ads this morning I saw a special on pork. I had to take a closer look to see what term they used. What on earth is a shoulder butt steak? And which end did it come from?

I think they covered their bases. Thanks a butt Dcarch!
dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
Original Author
13 years ago
Ha, Teresa, that reminds me of my complain, "Country Style Ribs".

What is Country Style? and where are the ribs?

Is there a City Style Ribs?

dcarch
Teresa_MN
13 years ago
Not that I know of. But there is City Chicken that is made with pork. It's made with cubed boneless country ribs and cubed veal if you can afford it.

And there are St. Louis style riblets. I guess those could be city ribs. :-)
jimster
13 years ago
The terminology of pork cuts is a mess and the new changes will make it worse.

The biggest problem has been the use of the term "butt". The shoulder is usually sold in two portions, one of which is the butt portion and the other of which is the picnic, (which with other meats, such as lamb, would be called the shank). So, butt refers to the butt of the shoulder, not the butt of the pig. The butt of the pig is called the ham.

To add more confusion, a picnic portion of the shoulder, when smoked, is called a picnic ham, whereas the ham from the rear end of the pig is a ham whether fresh or smoked. The default term, ham, is for the smoked version whereas the fresh version must be specified, as in "fresh ham".

The link below is a diagram which, unfortunately does not indicate the hocks and is labeled "picture of the beef carcass". Oh well, I think you can see it is a pig.

If you think I am mistaken about any of this, chances are that I am. :-)

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Here is a link that might be useful: Cuts of Pork
kitchendetective
13 years ago
Down here, we still have butts. Big ones, too!
annie1992
13 years ago
Jim, it's the same here. Butt is actually shoulder and the butt is ham. Go figure. I always have the hocks smoked and the jowls made into bacon, and sometimes I hear the hocks referred to as "trotters", although that's actually the pig feet (which my grandmother used to pickle and call "knuckles").

Yes, it's a mess.

Chase, I also never see flat iron steak or skirt steak here, but I occasionally see tri-tip, mostly in the southeast corner of the state near Detroit. We also occasionally get flank steak, mostly used for fajitas and London Broil.

Annie

Annie
lcubed
13 years ago
That's a picture of a whole pork shoulder if I'm reading the label correctly w. both butt and picnic portions. Seems a bit light
Teresa_MN
13 years ago
Ann lives in Canada. The weight is in kilograms. I think the pork pictured must weigh over 9 pounds. Which seems about right.
jimster
13 years ago
"That's a picture of a whole pork shoulder if I'm reading the label correctly w. both butt and picnic portions."

That is my guess. However:

"Seems a bit light."

1.890 kg = 4.167 lb. I agree, 12-18 lbs. would be more like it.

Here is a link to a better site about pork butt.

Jim

Here is a link that might be useful: Pork Butt
User
13 years ago
Not even close. Good guess though.

A kilo is 2.2 pounds and this roast is just under 2 kilo making it just over 4 pounds.

~Ann
User
13 years ago
Jim, we were posting at the same time. You got it right.

That is a good site that you linked to.

~Ann
dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
Original Author
13 years ago
Jim, That is one great link. Thanks. Bookmarked.

Also, that is nice forum for smoking information.

dcarch
User
13 years ago
Informative link, thanks Jim.

This thread has me jonesing for pulled pork : )

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