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PAGE 3 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, AUGUST 10.1984 INNOVATIVE LANDFILL PROJECT BEING CONSIDERED BY from p.,e I that one of the principals in the project, Ed Hammer, lives in the McHenry area and the company was aware of the disposal problems evident in northern Illinois. "McHenry also has one of the highest concentrations of septic systems in all of northern Illinois," Price said. Essentially, the meeting Wednesday night was to determine whether the city would be willing to cosponsor such a test, or whether it was dead-set against the proposal. Aid. Elizabeth Nolan (1st) asked, "What if it doesn't work?" Price said GAS, Inc. would be responsible for cleaning the site. Filling the cell would take Dick Peterson It takes more than 9 a book to be a cook I have never fancied myself as a great cook; not even a mediocre cook. Come to think of it, I've never thought of myself as a cook, period. But I can prepare a meal, however rare that may be these days. What separates a cook from a hum-drum preparer of meals is imagination. The days of bachelorhood dissolved my culinary creativity and I haven't been able to get it back. Of course, there may have been nothing to retrieve. When I was single and living alone, my meals came from a can, a box or a package wrapped in cellophane. So much for imagination. They don't make cookbooks for Beef-A- Roni or Tombstone pizzas. Maybe they should. And I did work in a semi-fast food restaurant for a year, but that hardly qualifies me as a cook. The primary qualification there was speed. Speed and taste are two very different matters. Indy cars need speed; real cooks need time, lots of time. In a pinch, I can prepare a meal that calls for more than a good can-opener wrist. Being that my wife has a cook's imagination, she has quite a collection of cookbooks and recipes from which I can choose. Therein lies the problem. By increasing the number of options, the ease at which a decision is made is diminished. That's why people spend hours at shopping malls. Variety is the cause of indecision. When I want to prepare something that requires a degree of skill and patience, I have to read a cookbook-from en­ trees to desserts, from cover to cover. It's nothing at all like can cookery: Look in the cupboard, open a can, empty same into saucepan, simmer for 10 minutes over medium heat, eat. That's quick and easy. Reading a cookbook only makes you hungry. Cookbook pictures of food make you feel inadequate. It's all very frustrating. We have a new cookbook by Chef Tell Erhardt, "Chef Tell's Quick Cusine." The book is for "gourmet cooking, simple, fast, delicious." That's coming from a man who is a member of the exclusive "La Commandre de L'Ordre du Bontemps de Sauternes et Barsac." Tell me someone isn't lying. Copkboo^ 4€fNT£S§^ne - When I sit down to read them, I always run across hundreds of recipes like veal involtini alia morandi. It depresses me. Even Betty Crocker's pork- chop supreme gets me in the dumplings. I don't need that when I'm hungry, yet creative. You see right there that I have no imagination, or more important, no courage. By then, I usually slam the cookbook closed and begin plotting against that pound and a half of hamburger in the refrigerator. Spaghetti again. Sometimes I like to make desserts. When I've eaten the last morsel out of the bargain-basement bag of real simulated chocolate chip cookies and I'm absolutely craving something with sugar in it, I'll make a cake. I need ' motivation. Generally, I end up making a pound cake, which can be found on page 247 of Betty Crocker's cookbook. (I have the page number memorized.) My first pound cake was a classical lesson in mistrust of recipes. I followed directions to a T, poured the batter into a bread pan and inserted in the pre-heated oven. I checked on it 15 minutes later and spent the next 30 catching the batter as it ran down the sides of the pan. The recipe said nothing about it being a two-pound cake. My pound cakes - I now make two at a time - still have a hint of metallic flavoring, but I hold my breath and enjoy them. . *•-- i J <Adu- 'W 3C Tfli- r ' -- *" "•* ' * Jar •" 1 4P '11 ( ) CHINA LIGHT RESTAURANT and LOUNGE Ml <•[] n!) « » BRITE SET WILL APPEAR ON STAGE AUG. 14-18 •TUES.. AUG. 14 to THURS. AUG. 16 From 8:30 PM to 12:30 AM. $1.00 Cover Charge •FRI., AUG. 17 to SAT., AUG. 18 From 9:30 PM to 1:30 AM. $2.00 Cover Charge WE STOP SERVING DINNER AT 8 PM. AFTER 8 PM ONLY APPETIZERS ARE SERVED. 1226 N. GREEN, McHENRY (Corner of Green and Rte. 120) FOR CARRYOUT ORDERS CALL 344-3220 as about seven to 14 days, ac­ cording to the Price's estimate. During the filling operation, the cell would be covered when not actually being used. When full, the cell would be sealed and monitored daily, Price said. Initially there would be no removal of metal or glass, but if the test proves the viability of a commercial site, recycling would be included, Price said. Aid. Frank McClatchey voiced concerns about potential liner breaks or ruptures. "Liners are used at modern landfills," Punwani said. "It's not our objective to test the liner, we will be using the best one we can." Punwani said the decision of whether to use a plastic, clay or combination liner was an engineering one. Aid. Edward Datz (3rd) noted, "This is essentially a quiet operation. After it is filled, it is no longer like a landfill." Price said there would be constant supervision at the test site and scientists would be there daily conducting tests. Aid. Cecilia Serritella (4th) said she would probably vote against the idea unless more information was coming regarding engineering and geology of the site. She was concerned about soil types and water table heights. Price said the detailed engineering would come at a later time but the group needed to know if the city would be willing to cosponsor the project. The city would always retain the power of site approval. Alice Howenstine, of the McHenry County Defenders, asked if there were plans to monitor the site after the test was completed. . "We expect an inert waste after two years. At the moment there are no plans. Precautions-testing water one or two times a year-that can be included. We're not inflexible and we don't think of "wheife line Icmri and drink are surrounded by the warm beauty and charm of nature" (Eountry Squire Relax in the elegant surroundings of the beautiful Wesley Sears country estate with a picture windoyy dining room overlooking 13'/? acres of beautiful grounds. 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