Mt. Qi Pork

According to legend (aka my dad), there once was a king in Shaanxi who wanted to hold a feast for his subjects. The problem: He didn’t have enough pigs to slaughter to feed everyone. His solution: Cut the meat up into very small pieces and serve it over noodles so everyone in the village could enjoy it.

As with the rest of my father’s stories, I don’t know if this story is B.S. or not, but this dish does have a historical association with large group meals. For us, Mt. Qi refers not