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One local said some of the fish they caught released the pungent smell of crude oil as they were cooked.

They contain sulfur compounds that make them pungent when raw, mellow when cooked and addictively complex when layered.

Fruit brings brightness and complexity to a dish — ranging from subtly sweet to surprisingly pungent.

Each ingredient, at first glance, feels like it could overrun the soup — roasted red peppers too sweet, garlic too pungent, sun-dried tomatoes too intense.

A pungent smell of detergent and rotten food hits me as we walk through this enormous high-security prison.