"eelhc" > wrote in message
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>I heard that the boston cut of pork shoulder was shipped in barrels
> called butts. Hence Boston Butt.

I have often wondered the same thing and have tried to research it, to no
avail.

I get the "Butt" part.

I would bet that particular term is more a description of the pig's leg....
the trotters and picnic being the pointy end and the "Butt" being the
massive, meaty, butt end.

But whence the "Boston" reference?