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Andy M. · 09-07-2010, 11:31 AM

Nice diagram, Kayelle!

mollyanne · 09-07-2010, 12:18 PM

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Would it help to know that a pork butt isn't anywhere near the butt??

Pork Cut ID Tutorial

Yes that WOULD help

but, but, but...OMG, to think I've been eating ham all these years. Who's cruel joke was it to name the butt "ham" and the shoulder "butt" ???

joesfolk · 09-07-2010, 12:25 PM

It's actually pork shoulder as I understand it.

Kayelle · 09-07-2010, 01:02 PM

Yep, the name pork butt seems strange, doesn't it? I did some research, and it turns out in pre-revolutionary New England and into the Revolutionary War, shoulder cuts were packed into casks or barrels (also known as "butts") for storage and shipment. And it's also weird that "living high on the hog" meaning affluent living, is actually " low on the hog " where the ham is.

I can make myself crazy with stuff like this.

mollyanne · 09-07-2010, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Kayelle

Yep, the name pork butt seems strange, doesn't it? I did some research, and it turns out in pre-revolutionary New England and into the Revolutionary War, shoulder cuts were packed into casks or barrels (also known as "butts") for storage and shipment. And it's also weird that "living high on the hog" meaning affluent living, is actually " low on the hog " where the ham is.

I can make myself crazy with stuff like this.

...me too. Interesting.