FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - Canadians Won't Be Able To Buy Pork Butts In The New Year

In article >, says...
> <http://www.thepigsite.com/LatestNews/Default.asp?AREA=LatestNews&Display=7972>
>
> Starting January 1, 2005 we Canadians will be changing the name of "pork
> butt" to "shoulder blade". Apparently the same people who don't
> understand the difference between BBQ and grilling also don't understand
> that a butt does not come from the rear end of the pig.
>
> "Shoulder blade" doesn't have the same ring to it, so against my
> government's wishes, I will continue to cook pork butts long after the
> end of this year. You would think they would be working to minimize the
> region differences in meat naming rather than adding more confusion --
> now we Canadians will really have no idea what you Americans are talking
> about when it comes to meat cuts.
>
> <sigh>
>
So what's new?

Maybe you could start a National Slogan Campaign. "Get Your
Butt Out of Canada!" has a nice ring to it.

What might the Quebecois French translation for that be?

All sorts of possibilities for misunderstandings here...