Hindle Wakes

Hen de la Wake or Hen of the Wake - the hen to be eaten during the Fair. This recipe, collected near Wigan in about 1900, is a version of a medieval dish. It is a true feast-day dish, as good to eat as it is colourful to look at with its white meat, black stuffing and yellow and green trimmings. The dish was made the day before the Fair and left ready at home for the returning revellers.