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.

One of my favourite meals is a proper hot dog from a stall that looks German. Not sure what the stalls nationality has to do with it, but, if the stall has a German flag, or is made to look like a wooden Bavarian hut or is anything but a white formica van in a car park, then I’m sold. It’s authentically German, especially if it calls the sausages ‘wursts’.

Today, I inadvertently recreated a hot dog by buying some sub rolls from Morrisons than making a sandwich to bring to work. I had the rolls, I checked the fridge and I had some slices of Bavarian smoked ham, I had some cheese and I added some tomato chutney. And, after tasting it, I had managed to create a hot dog substitute. The only thing that was missing was mustard. And any sense of German-ness. I should have worn lederhosen.

Bread: Sub roll from Morrisons

Ingredient: Smoked ham, edam and tomato chutney

Taste: like hot