“I’ve known of Chinese cooks, out on the big ranches in Eastern Oregon, that, when full of hop or bad whiskey, would chase everybody with a big butcher knife that came near their kitchens.” This is what pioneer A.J. Veazie recalled about Oregon life in the 1800s. Not all Chinese cooks wielded big butcher knives—in fact, most were pretty quiet and kept to
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