On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:28:43 GMT, "JakBQuik" >
wrote:

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

Maybe that is the first place the term 'Butt' was banned. <Groan?