Capitol Hill Blue Forums Misc. Topics Food, Drink and Cooking What to do with a pork shoulder butt?

There is something conflicting about our views of meat. When it is cut across the grain the muscle fibers are short and break apart easilly, or "tender". When cut with the length of the grain they become long strings of muscle fiber and hence "tough". The most notable exception being Beef Brisket. I understand that meat has been your lifelong field of expertise and that you have probably read dozens of papers and spoken to numerous butchers. I sincerely hope we can come to some agreement on this as I feel it is some mis-understanding on my part.