known as Boston butt, pork butt or just butt, and the lower portion, called the picnic shoulder, blade roast or picnic roast. They all can be labeled pork shoulder and they all work in this recipe.

Have you ever wondered why pork butt is called as such? It turns out, there's an interesting history to the term that may or ...

Pork butt and pork shoulder are both cuts that come from a pig's shoulder area. They aren't identical; both have some key differences. Here's when to use both.

because preserved pork shoulders were shipped in the colonial era from Boston in barrels with the size designation “butt.” The lower part is (more obviously) labeled shoulder, shoulder roast ...