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BondiolavsBoston butt

pork · Close equivalent

These cuts are closely equivalent — the same or nearly identical cut across different butchery traditions.

Same anatomical primal — Boston butt and bondiola both come from the upper shoulder area of the pig. Boston butt is the US slow-smoke/pulled-pork tradition; bondiola is the Argentine parrilla / Italian-charcuterie tradition. Same cut, different traditions.

Bondiola
Pork · Shoulder

Argentine pork shoulder/neck cut — descendant of the Italian *capocollo* / *coppa* tradition brought by 19th- and 20th-century Italian immigration. Two parallel uses at the…

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Boston butt
Pork · Shoulder

Boston butt is the upper part of the pork shoulder, above the picnic. Despite the misleading name it comes from the shoulder, not the rear. It has generous fat content and…

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Names by country

CountryBondiolaBoston butt
🇺🇸United States—Boston butt
🇬🇧United Kingdom—Pork shoulder
🇫🇷France—Épaule de porc
🇪🇸Spain—Paleta de cerdo
🇦🇷ArgentinaBondiolaPaleta de cerdo
🇲🇽Mexico—Paleta de cerdo
🇵🇹Portugal—Pá de porco
🇧🇷BrazilBondiolaPaleta suína
🇮🇹Italy—Coppa di spalla
🇩🇪Germany—Schweinekamm

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