Need a decent butcher for pork fast!

[nickbailey]

I'm going out to buy a whole pork shoulder for a BBQ I have coming up in a week or so. So I goto one of my local butchers that i've used from time to time. They had Porks Legs out there, but they didn't look like back legs. So I ask "Are these front or back legs?" the response I get is "I dunno, it's just a leg."

SO to say the least i'm mad. And the only other local butcher that I can think of is Witteveen's which is mainly beef. So does anybody here know of any half decent butchers in Southern Ontario/Kitchener-Waterloo are?

And if not...should I just keep pressing this other butcher to find out whether they're front or back legs?

 

[short one]

Nick, I know I'm not from your area, but a back leg will be shaped like a bone in ham, or kind of ball shaped on the big end. A shoulder or front leg will be more recetangle in shape and flat, maybe 6" thick or so, with the leg or shank on the bottom. Maybe this will help.

 

[nickbailey]

Hhmmmm. Ok, i'll probably go back up sometime this week and take another look...hopefully I'll get more helpful staff this time as well.

 

[smokin for life]

Nick I'm sorry I can't help you on this. But I do want to thank you for making me LMAO. What kind of lame answer was that to give you? I don't know how I would of handled a situation like that. Good luck and I hope you can find a front leg.

 

[nickbailey]

Yeah, pretty much I just started laughing...then they asked me if I wanted one? I just said no while laughing and left.

 

[crewdawg52]

Nick, I'm no expert by far......but a good site to check out what Shortone is talking about is

www.askthemeatman.com Click on pork and you will find charts of every cut there is.

Hope this helps.

 

[jomin1016]

Ok, guys, I'm new and all but....don't come at me with

cuz I don't know, but "what's the difference"?