Well, it was Memorial Day weekend time for a BBQ. I wanted a Boston butt, thinking back in my life what was so tasty and easy to cook. Back in the day, Boston Butt, I believe, was consider at the bottom of the barrel, it was cheaper than other cuts of pork because it was scraps of meat and fat but it sure was tasty and tender.. I went to one Publix, couldn't find a Boston butt or anything called Boston butt. So I went to the another Publix, the one on Capitol Circle East in Tallahassee. I found three packages called Bost Butt. Boston Butts are usually distinquished by the fact it is tied together by string.
So I looked at each of the packages and choose the medium sized one. It had a lot of fat and meat interspersed, usually a good sign in determining if you have an actual Boston Butt.
After wrapping it in the usual tin foil , well seasoned, I smoked it for several hours.
Sadly, no, angrily, I discovered that Publix's definition of a Boston Butt has slipped badly. Or maybe it was the butcher packaging the meat. Or maybe, worse, and what I actually suspect, Publix has decided to milk every dang penny out of all meat and fat they have.
The so-called Boston Butt was a mix of god knows what scraps of pork they had lying around. Some of the meat was the type of tender fatty meat you'd expect in a Boston butt. But a lot of the meat was dark, light, apparently coming from other pieces of pork they sell.
After all the meat was cooked, I had to cut it with a sharp knife like it was a picnic roast or something.
This being about the third time Ive gotten scrap pork meat tied together and not resembling a decent Boston butt in texture and quality, I will no longer buy pork from Publix. I quit buying steaks from Publix years ago and about the only meat I buy anymore is ground chuck for burgers.
Sadly, Im going to hit the local meat market in the future or Winn Dixie and Piggly Wiggly. Publix corporate offices can eat their junk product called Boston Butt. read more