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Cupim substitutes

Cupim is the traditional name in Brazil. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.

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Boston buttapproximate

Loosely analogous in cooking treatment — both are heavily-worked shoulder-area cuts that need long, slow cooking to break down. Anatomically distinct: cupim is the zebu-specific hump muscle, Boston butt is the upper shoulder.

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