tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29177307.post8381403146677303628..comments2023-09-17T04:58:08.537-05:00Comments on Checkered Rooster: Boston ButtAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933768264202095962noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29177307.post-23688580688909828032014-03-23T09:57:11.131-05:002014-03-23T09:57:11.131-05:00Before and during the American Revolutionary War, ...Before and during the American Revolutionary War, some cheaper pork cuts were packed into casks or barrels (also known as "butts") for storage and shipment. The way the hog shoulder was cut in the Boston area became known in other regions as "Boston butt". I live with an English lady who knows this as "pork hand and spring", or just "pork hand". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com