Most of us probably forget to count this as a comfort food, but a nice pot of tea is the best! With toast is extra nice.

(I have a bit of a headache right now, and I'm just going to go out and make myself a cuppa.)

This doesn't rate as just comfort *food* but I made up a present for my niece who is leaving today for 10 months on a University scholarship to Japan. I made up an Aussie Survival Kit for her: Vegemite, Echinacea tea, Lavender oil, Tea Tree Oil, some Sleepy Time tea to have on the plane, some dried cranberries (has beneficial properties but also yummy), some coffee expresso lollies and some drinking chocolate. And a little sparkly purple teddy bear sitting on top of it all which is packed in a sparkly purple box. I just thought of the things I would wish I had if I were far from home, in a different country.

Helen