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Nigella enraged the internet by putting an egg on baked lettuce and calling it a meal
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NIGELLA IS BACK on our tellys with her new BBC show Simply Nigella – providing us with much needed recipe ideas for new things to rustle up in the kitchen.
But this week’s episode did not go down well – and it was all thanks to one dish.
Nigella got some lettuce and stuck it in the oven
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She threw a fried egg on top
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And then grated some cheese over it
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Simply put: the internet was not having it
Putting the lettuce into the oven was a step too far
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Perhaps people were looking for a little more culinary sophistication
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Poor Nigella
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It might not be her finest effort – the egg and warm lettuce combo was considered a debacle by her loyal viewers
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The people will never forget the night Nigella burnt the lettuce
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The show is called Simply Nigella, after all
It doesn’t look *that* bad, people.
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