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These recipes, all contain Cornish Game Hen as a major wild food ingredient.

The Indian Game is a British breed of game chicken, now reared either for meat or show. It originated in the early nineteenth century in the counties of Cornwall and Devon in south-west England. It is a heavy, muscular bird with an unusually broad breast; the eggs are brown.

The breed was developed by Sir Walter Gilbert, of Bodmin in Cornwall, in about 1820. It was intended to be a gamecock, but had no aptitude for cockfighting.

In the United States the name was changed in 1905 to 'Cornish Indian Game', and then in 1910 to 'Cornish'.

The Indian Game is a large and stocky bird, short in the legs and unusually broad and deep in the breast. Some cock birds may be so short-legged and broad-breasted that they are incapable of reproducing.

The Indian/Cornish game is an excellent meat bird and is often used in cross breeding (it is not a good layer). Its meat is better than most modern meat poultry breeds as it can withstand prolonged stewing and cooking. It is probably one of the best breeds for making curries.