The origin of "bazi meat" is said to be related to ancient public sacrifices. It is said that after the public sacrifice of the ancients, the meat used for the sacrifice should be cut into squares and distributed to all the people who participated in the sacrifice. Because this rectangular piece of meat must be tied up with green cattail or iris when it is divided, it will form a "tied handle" form, so it is called "bazi meat". Participants took the meat home and stewed it in sauce, and gradually they had the special delicious food, bazi meat. In fact, as a snack, there are other places besides Jinan, but Jinan's bazi meat is unique and most distinctive. Jinan's bazi meat, the meat should be fat and thin, cut into several pieces, tied into a handful with hemp rope, soaked in soy sauce, and simmered with strong fire-fat but not greasy, thin but not firewood, with a mellow aftertaste at the entrance.
Many people in Jinan have the boldness of Shandong people-perhaps Jinan people can best reflect this boldness: in front of the food stall, choose a seat and say, "Boss, two pieces of pork, a bowl of rice ..." Then, like no one is watching, they will eat enough. Or a few people meet, everyone together, someone showers: "Let's go, it's my treat! Rice dry rice, meat! " In a word, people in Jinan eat meat, what they eat in their mouths is delicious, and what they show outside is a bold and happy character.