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.
Three different colour names depending on who you ask, but everyone agrees it nicked the entire rainbow.
Fun fact: Deliberately eats clay from Amazonian riverbanks to neutralize the toxins in unripe seeds and fruit.