what cut for sausage?

[senorkevin]

Does anyone know that the cut I need to make sausage is called in American? Would it be pork butt?

[BriCan]

Yep.

Anything off the shoulder ... Pork Butt, Pork Picnic, combined they make up the whole shoulder

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[Tasso]

Also frequently called Boston Butt or pork shoulder. But in Mexico, it will probably be called Hombro de Cerdo. BTW, if you need lean pork, pork loin will be called Lomo de Cerdo.

Boneless and skinless pork shoulder (Boston Butt) is easy to work with. I prefer the cuts with the bone in and skin on when I'm smoking or roasting it whole.

Try to get natural pork shoulder that has not been enhanced with any "flavor enhancing" brines. In Mexico, I'm guessing that minimally processed pork will be far more common than the "enhanced" (i.e., salty and water-logged) pork shoulder than many grocery stores in the US sell.

[Tasso]

Updated above to add some additional terms you might see.

Also frequently called Boston Butt or pork shoulder. But in Mexico, it will probably be called Hombro de Cerdo, or Cabeza de Lomo (the butt part of the shoulder), or Brazuelo (the picnic part of the shoulder) . BTW, if you need lean pork, pork loin will be called Lomo de Cerdo.

Boneless and skinless pork shoulder (Boston Butt) is easy to work with. I prefer the cuts with the bone in and skin on when I'm smoking or roasting it whole.

Try to get natural pork shoulder that has not been enhanced with any "flavor enhancing" brines. In Mexico, I'm guessing that minimally processed pork will be far more common than the "enhanced" (i.e., salty and water-logged) pork shoulder than many grocery stores in the US sell.

[senorkevin]

Would that be a blade roast?

[Thewitt]

Yes the pork shoulder is also called the blade roast.

You can make sausage from any part of the pig however.

We buy whole split pigs and turn the entire animal into sausage. You need to control the meat to fat, as well as the soft fat and firm fat ratio, but it all makes great sausage in the end.

[senorkevin]

Many thanks for you help.

[vagreys]

Jeff Weiss points out that, in Spain, sausage is commonly made from a combination of neck meat (collar), shoulder, and belly. The picnic shoulder (leg end of the shoulder) is also used by some folks, trimmed of connective tissues, of course. Whole hog sausage is also common, here in the US - meat from the entire animal.