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PURITON PARISH NEWS

Recipe Book Success

You will be pleased to hear that the Recipe Book entitled Puriton Pies and Puddings produced by members of St Michael's Church has sold out of the first print run. A second print is now in my possession. So you can see from this that it is very popular.

The old pictures of Puriton have been very well received especially old photos of Puriton people. I have had calls from villagers asking where the photos come from as they recognise family and friends from very many years ago.

There are 78 mouthwatering recipes in the book, very good value and every penny raised goes to very much needed funds for the Church.

Here is an example of a recipe for you all to try out and, when you realise how good it is to eat, contact the Vicar or me and buy a book immediately.

PEAR AND CHOCOLATE TRIFLE

2 chocolate covered swiss rolls, sliced

Large tin of pear halves, chopped

2 lime jellies made up as per instructions

Homemade custard or 2 tins/tubs of good custard

1 jar of good quality sauce or melted chocolate

1 pint of whipped cream to top

Grated chocolate or chocolate shapes to decorate

1. In a large glass bowl lay the swiss roll pieces, cover with jelly and leave to set

2. Top with a layer of chopped pear

3. Make a chocolate custard by mixing the custard with the chocolate sauce, stirring vigorously, and cover the pears with the sauce.

4. Leave to chill before topping with whipped cream.

5. Decorate with chocolate

This is a recipe from our Vicar the Rev Doris Goddard. I have sampled this and it is delicious, I had to call a halt after two large bowls. Doris tells us in the book that she was pleased to find there is a connection with Puriton, whose original name was Periton-the place where pears grow.

Robin Smith

Church Services

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Church Events

Puriton Village Weekend

21st and 22nd August.

Fun Day (Puriton Party in the Park) Sat 21st August at the village Hall from 2pm to 10pm

(See posters for more information)

Wedding Anniversary

Flower Festival

Puriton Church

10am - 5pm Saturday 21st August

12 noon - 3pm Sunday 22nd August

Display of wedding dresses/Coffee and biscuits

Concludes with a wedding celebration service at 3pm

Followed by refreshments at the vicarage

(Wedding cake and bubbly)

Tuesday evenings, 7.30-9.30pm

Clist Church Room

(adjacent to the Church)

Anyone interested in patchwork quilting, come along and join us

We are a group from the local community and we meet every week.

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Mothers Union

No meetingin in August but the Winter session on Wednesday 15th September at 7.30pm with a service in church taken by our vicar.

Clist Church Hall

The weekly Coffee Stop is every Tuesday in the Church Hall, but on the last Tuesday of the month we have a raffle and a Bring and Buy for church funds. In August it will be on Tuesday 31st from 10.00am.

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Church History

Parts of the present building date back to the 13th century. If you'd like to learn more about the church's history click here. We will be adding more items of interest to the church history section as time goes by.

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