For the last three years I’ve used January to try and learn something new. Three years ago it was to try 31 days of exercise, two years ago it was 31 days of stretching, last year it was 31 days of learning to play the piano and this year it’s 31 days of… lunch.

My aim is try something different each day but. by something different, I don’t actually mean something completely different as that would be a waste of food. So, for today, I decided that since it was four days since I bought my bread, it was time to switch to toast as it was starting to become stale.

I love toast. In fact, if given a choice, I would sooner have toast than bread. Bread is soft. Toast is solid. Yet, if cooked right, it can also be soft in the inside. The perfect toast has all the advantages of bread but with added rigidity. Like the difference between a canvas tent and a bus shelter. Both keep you dry but there is just something more reassuring about something which doesn’t flop when you stand it upright.

So, for today’s lunch, a very similar to day one:

Bread: a few days old Italian bloomer from Newlands Bakery but TOASTED!

Filling: Tuna Chunks in Spring Water from Morrisons, Hellman’s Mayonnaise and a couple of spoonfuls of capers.

Taste: Spot on. And better than day one as the soft tuna mayonnaise is now caged in the toast.