"gtr" > wrote in message news:2015102714353558725-xxx@yyyzzz...
> On 2015-10-27 19:35:26 +0000, William said:
>
>> I cooked a 4lb. Boston Butt Roast in the Slow Cooker for 8 hours with
>> zero liquid added, fat side down.
>
> After a few hours in the cooker I gave mine a quarter turn. Are you
> saying you never rolled the thing over?
>
>> At end of cooking, drippings had run
>> out of the roast and accumulated around it in the Crock Pot up to
>> within an inch of the top of the roast. I took the meat out hot and
>> layed it on paper towels to drain, then placed it on a platter to pull
>> it apart with forks. I left the Crock Pot cooling off all night. The
>> next morning I looked in the Crock Pot and it appeared to have 3
>> inches of white lard which resembled parafin. A pork shoulder or
>> Boston Butt Roast is definitely "self basting".
>
> What I bought is labeled both "Boston butt roast" AND pork shoulder.

<g> It took me a while to work out that US butt is actually Shoulder)

I could never figure out how you can have a butt on your shoulder ...

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