Talk:Boston butt

message: This article appears to talk only about this cut's use in America.  I am going to assume that the rest of us don't throw it out... though I honestly don't know different. - BalthCat (talk) 17:22, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  US-centric? 

message: This seems very likely self or local promotion.  Boston butt has been used prominently in bbq for many years in many regions throughout the US.  It was not especially introduced or promoted by any one family.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.11.111.43 (talk) 14:27, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  deleted Weddington family reference 

message: Is the Boston butt what is being talked about at http://community.tasteofhome.com/community_forums/f/29/p/650420/7560581.aspx or something different? Eating this now but not sure what it is. 174.92.134.246 (talk) 22:48, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Pork Button Bone

message: i'm from boston, bit of a chowhound, and have never -- repeat: NEVER -- seen this term anywhere!  moreover, if i had, i would assume it was some sort of RUMP cut, not pork shoulder!
"pork shoulder" is the standard term in boston.  "bone-in pork shoulder", "boneless pork shoulder", "pork shoulder (deboned)" etc -- i've seen them all.  but never "boston butt"!
either it's extremely OLD (archaic/obsolete) or it's just a term in use among butchers or other meat industry types.  not at ALL common among laypersons, even in boston.  209.172.23.66 (talk) 04:19, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It is a commonly used term on packaging labels at meat counters throughout the south.  Yes, it is ironic that it not known as such in Boston, which I believe was the gist of one of the Boston Globe articles.Rockford1963 (talk) 06:35, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

text: As a former chef from Boston, I assure you this term has been in common parlance in and out of Boston long before either of us picked up a pan. Pork shoulder is not the same as Boston butt. --Andythechef (talk) 05:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Insider Jargon? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: While the term and cut do originate in the Unite States, it cannot be considered US-centric over the term "Pork butt" or 'Pork shoulder" since this has been a US export for over a hundred years. The very term "pork butt" references the American use of the Butt sized wooden casks to store the specific cut, which seems to originate in the Boston area.
Not that "Pork Shoulder should not have its own stand alone article. I intend to do that myself by editing the redirect to this article.--Mark Miller (talk) 11:26, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boston butt as a stand alone article 

message: Can we check the explanation of “butt” referring to the wide end of something? A more plausible etymology is that shoulders were frequently used cuts in making salt pork and packed and sold in butts (large wooden barrels). What the connection is to Boston, I can’t say. 70.184.164.110 (talk) 19:21, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Folk Etymology