On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 7:51:19 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:

> Odd how names stick) I wonder how shoulder came to be called
> 'butt'? It just sounds topsy turvey to me, but I expect there will be a
> good reason

Apparently, pork shoulder was at some point in history preserved and/or
shipped in barrels (aka "butts"). The name of the container became
the name of the meat.

> > I give you
> > 'biscuits' and 'scones' )
>
> Yep. Could be parallel evolution of the foodstuffs. "Biscuits" are
> not cooked twice (as their name suggests), but if you're familiar
> with hardtack, it seems an easy transition to call them by the same
> thing. Before chemical leavening there was a "beaten biscuit" that
> rose because air was incorporated into the dough by literally hitting
> it with a hammer (or similar implement). These weren't tender like
> leavened biscuits, but looked pretty close to the same.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
> Given what I read about being baked 4 times, maybe hardtack
> should be called bibiscuits <g>

<snort>

Cindy Hamilton