Women have been urged by the Ministry of Food to economize in the use of food, to use substitutes, such as macon made from mutton for bacon, to close their kitchens entirely and feed their families at communal kitchens, thereby reducing the use of food, and gas, and providing housewives with additional free time to give the voluntary services. When War Comes ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN BRITAIN By MARY E. MURPHY, Ph.D., London, Certified Public Accountant, and of Hunter College, New York Delivered at the Formal Institution Banquet of Pi Lambda Theta, at Men's Faculty Club, Columbia University, November 30, 1940 Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol VII, pp. 139-144.
Hello OP not much on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macon_(food) sounds interesting play on food Says on wiki it is an old Scots recipe
Hello OP not much on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macon_(food) sounds interesting play on food Says on wiki it is an old Scots recipe Thanks for the link. I've got some friends in Aberdeen, maybe they can track down the recipe.
Simple explanation here! The Old Foodie: Not bacon, not ham. Thanks! I have to try that on some re-enactors I know.
T.Wall and Sons had been experimenting with six different cures, which were all successful but not all to everyone’s taste (as if anything ever is!). It was presented in a number of ways – in “the raw” (it resembled streaky bacon, but with darker fat), in a variety of ‘kickshaws’, and in breakfast dishes, and would cost ‘somewhat less than bacon.’ THIS struck me halfway down the article....then I saw that someone in the Comments had had the same thought... Walls - as in "Snorkers" etc.??? No wonder those had a reputation for being so disgusting! Even TODAY, "Wall's sausages" are still a truly revolting concoction...
Mutton Rashers ...Mmmmm lovely ...I know my parents said there was some odd foodstuff foisted onto the starving British public in the War , I think 'Soya Links' was mentioned in disgust quite regularly plus the Brand name 'Spam' Which I quite like myself .
Mutton Rashers ...Mmmmm lovely ...I know my parents said there was some odd foodstuff foisted onto the starving British public in the War , I think 'Soya Links' was mentioned in disgust quite regularly plus the Brand name 'Spam' Which I quite like myself . Mutton Rashers...... Dear God that sounds rotten. Hate the taste of mutton and lamb.
Mutton Rashers...... Dear God that sounds rotten. Hate the taste of mutton and lamb. Roast lamb Mmmm... but if I think back to 'Irish Stew' school dinners, spitting the vertebrae out from the connective tissue is not something I'd wish to repeat. I can't think of Irish Stew without remembering Spike Milligan's policeman..."Oirish stew in the name of the law !"
