What is a Macon?
Macon is prepared in a similar manner to bacon, with the meat being either dry-cured with large quantities of salt or wet-cured with brine and then smoked.
The name macon is a portmanteau word of mutton and bacon. In South Africa, the term is also used for other bacon substitutes, including ones made from beef.
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Is macon beef or mutton?
It may come as a surprise that there is no industry standard definition for “macon” or criteria for its ingredients or the way in which it is prepared.
It is, however, commonly thought to be prepared from mutton that has been cured by being soaked in salt and brine.