Ah, the Del Mar Fair. How can one describe the thick wafting smell of deep fried fat, popcorn and a whole lotta cow plop?  Is it a giant over-rated parking lot and a really expensive sun burn? Yes and yes.  Is it a good reason to skip work and eat a bunch of deep fried delicacies? Absolutely. Folks, there’s vendors selling air plants and farmers showing cloven hooved truffle sniffers wallowing in their own filth.  And where else can you get a corn dog the size of a small child? They have the churros and BBQ corn and funnel cakes, which are all classic favorites.  But with this many foods to try, one must judiciously pace oneself.  I can get a churro anywhere, and corn?  Only if its holding up some brisket…  To really enjoy yourself at the fair, you can’t get too full too quickly. Folks, I should never ever go to the fair —  it’s just asking for trouble.  Of course I’m only going for the food.. and of course I’m gonna try everything.  I could only have a couple bites of everything though since I’m only one person and Chef Marcus decided to wipe out his entire appetite on giant corn dogs and funnel cake. Click through the slideshow to see the finest and fattest of our finds:

• A Giant 2-foot beef rib
• Baby Ruth stuffed jalapenos
• Deep-fried Reeses peanut butter cups
• A Krispy Kreme sloppy joe
• Fried cookie dough
• Deep fried bacon wrapped pickles
• Fried pineapple