Mystery Gland

Pete: A gland in the pork butt?
May I suggest................don't go there,Pete. Oh, my god....

Smokin, you gotta help....


acarriii

Two weeks ago we had a butcher asking about brisket with bones. Now we got a guy who says Pork Butt has a gland.

Things that make you say: "Hmmmmmmmmm."

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Topchef
BBQ...it aint rocket science, it's ZEN

Leg of Lamb has a nasty gland that is supposed to be removed before cooking, so it isn't too far fetched that Pork would as well. Can add a bad flavor.

You guys have me worried. All these new things... Glands, Cabbage, etc.

Geez, next thing you know you're going to tell me there's FAT in the stuff we cook and that it has Calories.

gosh, I hope not!

Smokin'

The first time I bought a butt my butcher also gave me the gland warning. She was also nice enough to point it out through the Kryovac. She said this gland is normally removed by the packers, but sometimes one slips through. The gland is marble sized and I seem to remember it being on the fat side of the butt. I have cooked many butts and I've only seen this gland one time.

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[This message has been edited by Lucky Strikes (edited May 26, 2001).]

Holy mackerel! A gland in the pork butt?! Well... if the butt is the shoulder... then, I suppose... it would make sense that there is a gland somewhere in THE ARMPIT!!! Pahhh-leeeze! I hope it ain't so, cuz then I been smoking glands for about 5 years...

as a former meatcutter i will say that there isn't really a gland there like the leg of lamb that has one...but there is one there on some of the larger untrimmed butts...it is on the oppisite side from the h-bone on the bottom(fat side) of the butt...and i don't believe it is harmful...