By FLORENCE VICKERS

By FLORENCE VICKERS

June is Dairy Month! Did you know one in every four women will suffer from some stage of osteoporosis and a bone fracture by age 65? Osteoporosis is a crippling bone disease, which causes brittleness. It can be the result of a lack of calcium or hormones; however, dietary excesses, i.e., too much vitamin A, vitamin D, protein, alcohol, caffeine, etc., can also cause this disease.

You can do something to prevent osteoporosis. Avoid excesses and consume the average adult’s requirement of at least two glasses of milk each day or an equivalent amount of dairy products. Calcium substitutes should be taken only under the supervision of your physician as they may be dangerous. Recipes using dairy products may be obtained from the American Dairy Association or your local Extension Office.

Sour Cream

PoundCake

Delicious served with ice cream!

3 sticks butter, room temperature

8 c. sugar

6 eggs, room temperature

3 c. flour

1 c. sour cream, room temperature

1 tap. vanilla extract

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 8 min. Add eggs one at a time, blending well after each addition. Add flour alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour, and mix until smooth. Blend in vanilla. Pour batter into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 325 F. 1 hour and 25 rain, or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before inverting onto cake plate.

It was 187 years ago that Nancy Johnson invented the first hand-cranked ice cream freezer. Today we’re still enjoying the results of her invention - with a modern twist - electricity.

A special treat at summer picnics and family reunions is Homemade Ice Cream.

If you chill the ingredients thoroughly before pouring them into a chilled ice cream freezer, the ice cream will freeze faster.

Fill the freezer twothirds Axil to allow ice cream room to expand.

Dippers and spoons used to serve ice cream can be dipped in cold water to pre