BlB—Lancaster Faming, Saturday, July 21,1984
Slip from summer doldrums with scoo
BY SUZANNE KEENE AND
LAURA ENGLAND
LANCASTER The children are
pouting because they’re bored and
it’s just too hot do anything
anyway. Dad’s slumped in his
favorite chair, exhausted from a
long day in the hot sun, and mom’s
just plain tired from all her chores.
If this is a familiar scene in your
family, a trip to one of Lancaster
County’s ice cream parlors may be
the solution to the summer
doldrums. During the past week,
which was designated National Ice
Cream Week, Lancaster Farming
reporters Laura England and Sue
Keene have been touring the
county in search of places families
can go for a homemade ice cream
treat.
Their search was not in vain, for
Lancaster County is blessed with a
number of locations that offer
delicious, homemade ice cream.
All the parlors the reporters
visited offered a variety of flavors.
This summer will be remem
bered well as the “floods of 84.”
There have been many disastrous
happenings as a result of so much
water. However, I must admit to
one positive thing: I’ve had ample
opportunity to sit on the porch and
watch it ram.
This is just one more family
tradition being continued. In our
family, an evening pierced by
claps of thunder and rain splashing
from the sky would signal a retreat
from the day’s activities.
Everyone, including the dogs and
cats, gathered on the porch’s dry
spots to watch it rain. On many
occasions the ram was a welcome
sight to sun blistered com and
over-heated bodies.
During one of the recent thun
derstorms I retreated to my peaceful
perch on the porch.
However, I noticed that this family
tradition was not observed by all
families. Neighborhood children
were crying, frightened by
thunder, parents were hurriedly
packing up and moving indoors
and the dog beat everyone inside. I
was becoming a little uneasy
myself until my memory recalled
those evenings of my family
calmly sitting on the porch. My
parents relaxed example related,
“There’s nothing to be afraid of! ”
Fears! Thunderstors, the dark,
heights, big dogs! We probably all
have some kinds of fears, but they
vary in subject and degree.
Thunderstorms may be a summer
delight for me but a dreaded event
for others.
Some fears are irrational while
others are necessary for our well
being. The fear of being run over
helps us to stay on the curb until
it’s safe to cross. Fire ex
tinguishers and smoke detectors
help ease the fear of a flaming
tragedy. Each of these fears is a
normal response that protects us
from harm.
On the other hand, there is
irrational... fear that prevents us
from carrying on a normal,
creative life. Some people fear
ranging from the standard vanilla
and chocolate to more exotic
flavors like coconut, pina colada
and burgandy cherry. And, for
folks whose tastes demand more
than a simple cone, the shops offer
a selection of sodas, sundaes and
floats sure to satisfy even the
largest appetite.
While ice cream is the main
attraction in all the ice cream
shops, each one has something
unique to draw hungry customers
through its doors and up to the
counter.
STRASBURG COUNTRY STORE
AND CREAMERY
The luscious aroma of waffle
cones baking and the tinny sound
of a rebuilt Orchestrian draw the
casual passerby into the Strasburg
Country Store and Creamery
located on Main Street in
Strasburg.
Once inside, the visitor is
transferred to another time - a
By Michelle S. Rodgers
Lancaster Extension
Home Economist
driving or flying wmch could
prevent pursuing a job away from
home or vacation plans.
All of us have fears, but
childhood is a time of dealing with
a great number of fears. Fear of:
being dropped, the toilet,
imaginary creatures, the dark,
and strangers. Children’s fears are
real because the human mind does
not develop the ability to think on
fears until age 13 or 14.
What can you do to help your
children handle their fears? First,
your example is important. Some
of the fears a child has are rein
forced by what the parent does in
certain situations. The very things
said can suggest to the child that
he should be afraid.
Be honest. Telling a child that a
shot won’t hurt will make him
mistrust you the next time. Trying
to scare a child into behaving by
telling him the police will come
and throw him in jail is doing the
child a deep injustice.
How do you react to a mouse,
snake, blood, accidents? Without
thinking we might suggest fear to a
child. How about the time you are
all dressed up and an extra
friendly dog comes bounding up to
you. The child doesn’t see that you
are just moving quickly out of the
way to keep from getting dirty. To
a child you are trying to get away
from the big, scary animal who
can hurt you.
The most important thing to
remember is that whatever the
fear, it is very real to the child.
Monsters under the bed always go
away when you turn the light on.
Ridiculing the child, calling him a
baby, getting angry, punishing
him, or forcing the child to “get
over it” will only cause havoc.
Encourage your child to talk about
fear, and help him think of things
h e can do to solve the problem.
I wasn’t always fearless of
thunderstorms, but 1 can enjoy
them n0w...a1l as a result of sitting
on the porch and watching it rain.
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opportunity educational Institution.
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Mary Radesky, an employee of the Strasburg Country Store, lifts a “waffle” off a hot
iron. The waffle will be folded into an old-fashioned ice cream cone, a favorite of this
recently opened creamery.
time when homemade was the rule
and not the exception. People
perched on old-fashioned chairs
savor scoops of creamy homemade
ice cream nestled in homemade
waffle cones - the shop’s specialty.
Many more wait for their turn at
the counter lined with jars of candy
mix-ins.
A wooden Indian beckons stuffed
guests to the rear of the shop,
where they can purchase a large
variety of gift items and penny
candies. But on their way to the
gift shop, they must first pass a
deli case stuffed with the
ingredients for one of the shop’s
Dagwood-style triple-decker
sandwiches.
Assistant Manager Lori Stoltzfus
says that the creamery makes
about 315 gallons of ice cream a
week, most of which is sold
directly from their shop. Since the
store’s opening in late May, the
favorite flavors have been Oreo,
snickers, black raspberry and
burgandy cherry.
SUNDAE BEST
To the north of Strasburg in
Lititz, lies Sundae Best, another
old-fashioned ice cream parlor
offering homemade products.
At Sundae Best, visitors can peer
at downtown Lititz through etched
glass while munching on cones or
other ice cream delights. The shop
offers a variety of flavors, in
cluding rum raisin, coffee and
coconut.
Hungry visitors who want to
precede their ice cream with
something more substantial, can
select from a list of daily specials,
all of which are homemade. For
the extra hungry customer who
will be satisfied with nothing less
than ice cream, and lots of it,
Sundae Best offers a sampler
platter of four or more dips at the
reduced price of 45 cents per dip.
Normally, a dip costs 66 cents.
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s of homemade ice cream
Robin Cathey and Tiffany Meese, both of Lititz, enjoy ice
cream sundaes at Sundae Best.
Good's Dairy, on the Rohrerstown Exit of Route 30, offers
minature golf, country animals and lots of homemade ice
cream