Santa Monica Swag

Went on a little field trip to the Sunday Santa Monica farmers' market and environs yesterday. Here's our loot:

The orange is a blavel (I think). Whatever it's called, it's a delicious hybrid of a navel orange and a blood orange. For me, it's the perfect orange for eating as is. Navels have always been my favorite orange because they're so juicy and sweet, and I love the flavor and color of blood oranges but sometimes they're just too tangy to eat as is.

The Bovril and Earl Grey are some British foods J and I have been craving for awhile, respectively. Bovril is beef extract and yeast, which sounds disgusting but actually tastes like beef stew. The Brits drink it with water as a warming winter beverage, or put it over rice and butter as an easy meal. Bovril is high in protein and relatively low in everything else, so I don't see the harm in eating it every so often. The Ahmad Earl Grey is a lot stronger than Twinnings, Harley & Sons, or Republic of Tea, so I'm very happy with it. I just hope it's not a fluke that this pack is extra strong.