European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A americans finally Are catching on to Rice continued from Page 15 Salt and Pepper. Mix in the tomatoes feta olives and Parsley and allow to marinate. Place the hot Rice in a Large serving bowl. Drain the marinade Over the hot Rice toss and let Cool slightly add the Tomato feta mixture and toss. Taste and adjust seasonings. Serve lukewarm or refrigerate until 30 minutes before serving time. Note to substitute Brown or a blended Rice adjust the amount of liquid used and the cooking time according to the package directions. Serves 4 to 6.adouille Jambalaya 2 Tablespoons vegetable Oil 2 Large onions chopped about 3 cups 3/� Pound an Douille or other smoked pork sausage thinly sliced 1 medium Green Bell Pepper cored seeded and coarsely chopped about % cup 1 celery rib chopped about 1 cup 2 garlic cloves minced 1 cup Long Grain White Rice 1 14 a ounce can crushed tomatoes in Puree about 2 cups 2 Teaspoons dried oregano leaves 1 Teaspoon Tabasco i Teaspoon dried thyme leaves v2 Teaspoon Cayenne ground red Pepper 1 Bay Leaf 2 cups Chicken Broth 1 Pound medium shrimp peeled and devel Ned heat the Oil in a heavy bottomed 2-quart Saucepan Over medium heat. Add 1 cups onions and Cook uncovered stirring occasionally until the onions Are caramelized but do not Burn about 5 to 10 minutes. Add the remaining onions the sausage Green Pepper celery and garlic. Cook stirring frequently for 5 minutes. Add the Rice and stir to coat with Oil. Add the tomatoes oregano Tabasco thyme Cayenne Bay Leaf and Chicken Gwi hot Sun americans gradually Are beginning to use Rice like pasta a a main course rather than Side dish. This is risotto the italian specially that starts with Flavoured butter. Broth. Bring to a boil Over High heat cover reduce the heat and Cook until liquid is absorbed and Rice is tender about 25 minutes. Add the shrimp cover and Cook an additional 5 a minutes Over Low heat or until the shrimp Are Pink. Taste and adjust seasoning. Serves 4 to 6,diners smell a ratty Robert Benjamin the Baltimore Sun Rais Are All Over the Jialu restaurant. Rats in the Kitchen rats on diners plates. Rats Between their chopsticks there s braised rat meat with roast pork and garlic. There s rat in Black bean sauce. There s Cusp tried iat i Here s stewed rat. Quot Jin la Quot Means Quot super Deer Quot a classic chinese euphemism for rats Hie 17-table restaurant is the Only one in Canton perhaps in All of China spot huh Inq m what its English menu sensitively Calls Quot Vole rats have Long been eaten by some Southern chinese in hard times. A few other Canton restaurants still Cook them up now arid then but the Quot Jialu a Quot rats Are not just Ordinary rats. Of Quot says one of Quot virus free rats from the Countryside the restaurant s four owners we i Juan 30. Big fat plump ones with Bright Gray coloured fur that Means they be been eating Gram. We Don t want anything about half dead. Our rats Are very nutritious she says. Rat meat s High in i atom and am no ads. It turns a s ii k. Color pamphlet at the restaurant eating rat supposedly prevents hair from turning Gray and improves resistance to exhaustion tension allergies premature senility and hardening of the arteries. As definitive proof of these benefits the pamphlet cites a purported chinese Folk saying Quot one rat surpasses three  and As for the taste says another Quot Jialu Quot owner. Zhou Kaiping while digging into his own dinner suspiciously not of rat Quot people get a very Strong impression from eating rat a they never forget  there is Little question about that so gulp Here goes a Westerner who sampled the cheapest rat dish on the Quot Jia Luis Quot menu bits of rat in a cup of Rice for about 85 cents found the meat to be Greasy grisly and Tacky to the Tongue. It left an aftertaste that frankly defies kindly description and that lingered far longer than desired Quot it s got a wild smell to it Quot says Chen Hong wan a Young interpreter. Quot i think it s better if you put something in with it to cover it  As if All this weren t sufficiently unappetizing there a the whole process by which the country rats Are brought to the Jialu s tables the rats Are flushed out of their Burrows in peasants Fields with Smoko or water. In a mercifully dark Alley behind the Jialu they re drowned in boiling water a after which their hides Are simply pulled off while some Are still reflexively kicking. None of this is particularly novel for some cantonese who Are famed or eating anything that walks crawls flies or swims a dogs cats snakes raccoons monkeys lizards sea cucumbers pigeons Worms you name Widos Niimd belief Here has it that each of these animals has its own medicinal goal of. A be a Fiat has a amps Wes Booher turned not a few Canton Street markets into sort of carryout zoos. The Jialu has a sullen Raccoon parked in a Cage by its front door ready to be ordered for supper. It also serves dog meat in cold Rainy weather. And its menu lists a Vole with Snake meat Quot a a kind of double whammy for the chinese palate. The restaurant s owners have drawn a firm responsible line As to what they la Cook. Quot no endangered species says we which is More than some other chinese restaurateurs can say. Page 16 a the stars and stripes Friday june 12, 1992