" BOB" > wrote
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> There you go! I do prefer pork to be bone in, too. Looked
>> in the store today and there were no pork shoulders to be had,
>> so I'll live to worry about it another day.
>
> Pork shoulder is both the butt (Boston butt) plus the picnic. What you
> probably want is the butt (Boston butt). The whole shoulder is probably
> 12 to 15 pounds while the butt is about 7 or 8.
>
> Yes, there will be more flavor with the bone left in.

Thanks for the info, Bob. I don't know why it's so hard to find
different cuts of pork around here. Wonder if Costco carries it.

nancy