You stand there stirring for forty minutes pretending you're not just making really posh rice.
Fun fact: Saffron in risotto alla milanese was reportedly first added as a prank by a stained-glass worker.
Transylvania's a real place with real mountains and real castles, Dracula was just very good marketing.
Fun fact: Bucharest's Palace of the Parliament is the heaviest building on Earth at four billion kilograms.