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Now I know to an outsider, this will sound like the most British thing you could read, but it is true. In the UK, we have a celebrity chef called Nigella Lawson. She is the daughter of Lord Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and former wife of billionaire Charles Saatchi. Nigella is exactly how you would imagine a person from the elite section of society to be. She—I do believe unfairly—comes into a lot of flack for her differences to the average working population, with her turn of phrase and her inclusion of the most unheard of and unfindable ingredients.

During her cookery shows, she will often regale us with tales of her past and heritage—worlds that are completely alien to the viewers. On one particular show, Nigella told us about her Norwegian heritage, and the divine smells from the village bakery as a prompt for her “boller” recipe—traditional Norwegian buns. The viewer thinks this will actually be something I can make myself. After all, what can be so difficult about buns? Then she pulls the table cloth from beneath. “Make sure to add cardamom, a sneaky little spice coming from Indonesia.”

And with that one sentence, your ten-minute-long dream of baking Norwegian buns is taken away.