810-lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 17, 1993 July 1$ So Let’s Have Gay N. Brownlee Somerset Co. Correspondent July is a great month. Indepen dence Day or the Fourth of July is a holiday when just about every body has a picnic or swimming or relaxes. Plus, there are brilliant fireworks displays in many areas to celebrate the bithday of the United States of America. And July is National Ice Cream month. Eating ice cream is an activity you can do anytime and am I glad because I love to eat ice cream and to drink milkshakes. I can easily eat a banana split, too, only I don’t like all the whipped cream goo over the top. Since they make my tummy feel full, I don’t eat banana splits very often. Does your pet like ice cream as much as you do? Lots of animals will eat ice cream. Pets can be mischievous and steal it from you. Once when we had a big friendly dog, he leaped up to greet some one who hand an ice cream cone which she was really enjoying. His force accidentally sent the cone flying. Doggie devoured it in seconds. She was disappointed, hungry and huffy at the dog. When I was a teenager, my boy friend bought us soft-freeze cones and I really embarrassed myself. We were sitting in the car at the ice cream shop laughing and hav ing fun. I made a quick jerk with my cone and the soft-freeze shot off the cone and landed smack dab in his bent elbow on the arm holding his own cone. After that surprise, we laughed even harder. Ice cream can create messes. Did you ever eat a cone and have ORIGINAL CREAMY KNOCK KNOCK JOKES TO BE SAID S-L-O-W-L-Y Knock, knock Who’s there? Yogurt Yogurt who? Yogurt those dirty clothes off! Knock, knock Who’s there? Icy Icy who? Icy you’re eating again. Knock, knock Who’s there? Cream Cream who? Cream louder, he can’t hear you. Knock, knock Who’s there? July July who? July to eat ice cream? Knock, knock Who’s there? Dessert Dessert who? Dessert matter if I take tnore? A the bottom get soggy. You end up slurping the ice cream through the hole in the bottom while licking off the top at the same time. Little kids drops their cones. They melt where they fall and somebody steps in the goo. you are eating a sundae or an banana split and don’t know you’ve dripped ice cream or cho colate syrup on the front of your HERE ARE 16 FILL-IN-THE-BLANK ICE CREAM FLAVORS (answers are hidden somewhere on the page) Some answers have two or three words. A I A W C H AC R R 00 PE Answers to flavors quiz: vanilla, mint chip, strawberry, black cher ry, peach, pistachio, caramel, butterscotch, chocolate, rocky road, pineapple, cherry nut; cookies-n-cream, banana split, peanut butter cup, fudge ripple. BAFFLING QUESTIONS AND GOOFY ANSWERS Q. When shouldn’t you eat your cone? A. When it’s a pine cone, Q. What is the difference between caramel and camel? A. The letters “r” and “a". Q. What did the naked banana say to the ice cream waitress? A. “Ouch, you’ve taken my clothes and split my middle.” Q. What did the chocolate and vanilla soft-freeze say to each other on Valentine’s Day? A, Baby. I’ll “twist” with you anytime. Q. What did the milk, the ice cream and the chocolate syrup say to the blender? A. “You’ve got to stop mixin’ us up.” Q. Why didn’t the strawberry want to come inside for dinner? A. Because his cap had to be removed. Q. What did the cherry whisper to the whipped cream sundae topping? A. “Let’s stay away from those nuts down there.” Q. Why were the peach and the cherry crying? A. Because they each had a stone in their belly., National Ice Cream Month Some Cool Fun About Ice Cream H E o_c T E A D S -N- E M T T T B PP By Gay N. Brownlee clothes until somebody tells you. Or worse, you’ve got a dab on the end of your nose. And remember when you were enjoying your milkshake so much that you forgot about the world around you? That’s when you gave the longest slurp of your life to suck up the last drop through the plastic straw and everybody heard it HERE ARE SOME STATISTICS ABOUT ICE CREAM (1992 Figures From The Cooperative Extension Office) CIRCLE YOUR CHOICE THEN CHECK ANSWERS, HIDDEN ELSEWHERE 1. Which state in the United States produced the most ice cream last year? A. Florida B. New York C. Alaska D. California 2. Which state was the second highest producer of ice cream last year? A. Pennsylvania B. New Jersey C. Hawaii D. Texas 3. How many gallons of ice .cream were produced in the entire United States of America in 1992? A. 660 million B. 732 million C. 87S million D. 902 million 4. Besides ice cream, name two other frozen dairy desserts. A. sherbet B. pudding C. pumpkin pie D. ice milk S. How many million gallons of ice cream were produced in the state of California in 1992? A. 212.3 million B. 113.7 million C. 99 million D. 110.8 million 6. Pennsylvania is a big producer of ice cream. How many gallons of ice cream did it produce in 1992? A. 72.7 million B. 80.3 million C. 71. S million D„ 79.4 million 7. Ice milk is a favorite dessert of many people. Which state ranks third in production of ice milk? A. Minnesota B. Ohio C. Pennsylvania D, Wisconsin 8. Sherbet usually tastes fruit flavored. Which of the following flavors is not found in sherbet? A. orange B. lime C. raspberry D. watermelon 9. During 1992, 4.83 billion pounds of whole milk in the United States was used to produce frozen dairy foods, butter and cheese products. What percent of whole milk was used for the frozen products? A. 51 percent B. 24 percent C. 33 percent D. 39 percent Answers to multiple choice questions: 1.D,2. A, 3. C, 4. A andD, 5. B, 6. A, 7. C, 8. D. 9. B. A* \ \ PRODUCTION