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What is this thing I cut out of a pork shoulder?

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    What is this thing I cut out of a pork shoulder?

    Trimming a couple of shoulders to go on this morning and I found this is one of them? I’m thinking maybe a lymph gland? Never seen this before.
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    #2
    When in doubt - cut it out!

    Never seen that before

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    • RamaJama
      RamaJama commented
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      Yep. I excised it and threw the shoulder on the smoker.

    #3
    You've seen Aliens, right?

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      #4
      So I go to the doctor, and he did the bio... the b... the... the bios... the... b... the "bobopsy." Inside the lump he found teeth and a spinal cord. Yes. Inside the lump was my twin.

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      • smokenoob
        smokenoob commented
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        sounds like an X-File......

      • HawkerXP
        HawkerXP commented
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        My Big Fat Greek Wedding smokenoob

      #5
      Is that a cyst?

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        #6
        I suppose this proves every butt is not the same.

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          #7
          My memory is fuzzy on this, but It's a gland if my memory isn't too fuzzy...

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          • Dewesq55
            Dewesq55 commented
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            ^^^^this!

          • EdF
            EdF commented
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            That's my memory too, and I know I ran into one at some point or another. Toss it!

          #8
          Looks like your butt came from the wrong end of the pig. :-)

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            #9
            I'm thinking enlarged glands. On the bright side they don't appear to have white spots with discrete borders so chicken leukosis is out the window.

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              #10
              I think it is a gland. A delicacy in other parts of the world

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                #11
                gross

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                  #12
                  So it's okay to eat the rest of the butt or nah?

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                  • ComfortablyNumb
                    ComfortablyNumb commented
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                    Yes

                  • Backroadmeats
                    Backroadmeats commented
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                    I myself would not eat that. Usually when glands are all swollen up like that the animal had cancer. I have seen it many times in beef. But not pork.. just my two cents

                  • EdF
                    EdF commented
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                    Yep!

                  #13
                  https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/fo...-gland-removal

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                  • pkadare
                    pkadare commented
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                    I was going to ask how you remembered this thread from 4 years ago, and then I read it. :-)

                  #14
                  I sent the pic to a good friend of mine that used to work and teach at the Oklahoma State Veterinary School. He slaughtered and butchered a lot of animals there as well as a number of other things. Here is what he had to say:

                  "Its not a gland or a cyst. Its an abscess. Most likely left over from an injury the animal sustained or injection it got.

                  If you find those, cut them out and either keep trimming with a new knife, or wash the other thoroughly. It is 100% safe once removed. Just not good eating.

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                    #15
                    Call the Amazing Dr. Pol he's done lots of abcesses....abcessi....
                    If I read Backroadmeats right I'd be taking it back to the store for replacement or refund.

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                    • Backroadmeats
                      Backroadmeats commented
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                      Glands in a butcher age pig should not be anywhere near that big.. I am surprised it passed inspection something was probably wrong with that pig!

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