Prairie Fare: Hats off to cows and farmers during National Dairy Month

Prairie Fare: Hats off to cows and farmers during National Dairy Month

Prairie Fare: Hats off to cows and farmers during National Dairy Month

Prairie Fare: Hats off to cows and farmers during National Dairy Month

Prairie Fare: Hats off to cows and farmers during National Dairy Month

Dairy foods provide about half of the calcium and vitamin D consumed by Americans. (Pixabay photo)

Dairy foods provide about half of the calcium and vitamin D consumed by Americans. (Pixabay photo)

I was figuring out the food activity our 4-H club wanted to do at the next monthly meeting — this was back when I was a club leader.

“Let’s make ice cream in a bag!” the children said.

“We just made ice cream tonight, so maybe we should make something else,” I noted.

“OK, let’s make chocolate ice cream or strawberry ice cream!” they countered.

I think we made pretzel dough in a bag, but we celebrated …