So you can’t just fry it up and enjoy it? You have to process it?
Pork belly is just that... raw pork. Salt pork is pork belly that has been brined or packed in a salt/sugar rub for about a week. Bacon is salt pork that has been smoked. It’s the smoke that makes it. Same way, corned beef is brisket that has been aged in a brine. Pastrami is corned beef that has been smoked.