"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> " BOB" > wrote
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>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
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>>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Yes, there will be more flavor with the bone left in.
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> 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.
>
I just wish that they would stick to one set of names for the different
cuts.

Around here, Costco only has the boneless butts, so I force myself to buy
butts (for as much as $0.50 less per pound) at Sam's. The local Sam's is
the worst Sam's in the world. Don't let me get started about them...

BOB