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Most of the recipes I've come across request shoulder pork but from time to time I see it requesting butt.

Is there much of a difference and also what is the difference?

Would you just use shoulder instead, is it cheaper?

Thanks guys.

Have a look here


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 203AACQYsS

http://members.shaw.ca/masterbutcher/me ... ulder.html

http://www.bbqforums.net/forums/pork/92 ... ulder.html

US = Butt

UK = Shoulder

I think

Greetings all, I've been following this forum for a while and decided to sign up and (hopefully) assist someone as well as learning even more from you all.

There's a pretty good webpage regarding pork butt here:

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/porkbuttselect.html

A butt is a joint cut from the shoulder, as per Paul Kribs post in this thread http://forum.sausagemaking.org/viewtopi ... 08&start=0.
It's called the collar joint and contains the blade bone. From a whole shoulder weighing approx 6.5kg the butt would be about 4 kg.

Jeff.

bidrick wrote:Greetings all, I've been following this forum for a while and decided to sign up and (hopefully) assist someone as well as learning even more from you all.

There's a pretty good webpage regarding pork butt here:

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/porkbuttselect.html

Welcome bidrick,
Thanks for the post. Lots of great info there.
Please feel free to post your recipes in the recipe section, we are all here to share.

The whole front leg is a Pork Shoulder.

The butt is the upper half often refered to a Boston butt, the bottem 1/2 of the sholder is refered to as a picnic. The butt can also be refered to a blade roast but not usually in our neck of the woods.

As I was told, the story goes the entire leg was hanging in the butcher shop and the prized portion would be at the bottom 1/3, or at the butt of the cut.

The real reason for the name, is that the sholder as a prized cut for flavor and fat was packed in to a barrel which was refered to as a butt, the picnic was also smoked but due to the lesser quality was traditionally used for informal dinning or picnics.

So is the question: are you a leg or a butt man..... ???

Why is it that the Pig does not have a breast..... then I have to say...




I LIKE BIG BUTTS