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Museum Family Day Boston Butt Sale
Volunteers at the Museum of Coastal Carolina and Ingram Planetarium will be selling fully-cooked Boston butts at Family Day on March 30. Pre-order your Boston butt now and pick it up at the Museum on Family Day between 10:00 and 2:00. Proceeds from the Boston butt sale will be used to benefit the Museum and Planetarium.
 
If you are not familiar with the term, a Boston butt is half a pork shoulder that is roasted on a grill. Once cooked, it can be chopped up for barbeque or it can be sliced or pulled. It is delicious any way you serve it. Best of all, it will be cooked and ready to eat when you pick it up on Family Day.
 
Where does the name “Boston butt” come from? In colonial America, the best cuts of meat went to the wealthiest people. The lesser cuts were packed for storage and shipment in casks or barrels that were also known as “butts.” The way hog shoulders were cut up by Boston-area butchers became known in other regions as “Boston butts.” Those “lesser cuts” are now considered the most delicious cuts for grilling or barbecuing.
 
Each Boston butt weighs approximately 10 pounds and costs $25. Place your order now by calling the Museum at 910-579-1016 or the Planetarium at 910-575-0033 – or email your order to oiblisa@aol.com or judy@museumplanetarium.org.