Back in May, I wrote to ask if salt pork normally has an "off" odor.
Tonight, I opened a new (they just ordered it special for me) package of
pork belly, and I got the same whiff of offness as it started cooking,
so I did some research. No WONDER the kid and I could smell it, but
James couldn't:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boar_taint

Serene
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