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The Blue Gate entrance to the L.A. County Fair

Blue flowers on bolting (flowering) lettuce in FairView Farms

Goat milking demonstration in FairView Farms

Freshly made cheese curds and cream cheese

Handmade, jar-churned butter

Winner of the sugar art contest

Carol Ann Susi demonstrates canning plum preserves

Prize-winning preserves and pickles look like lab specimens

Homemade beer being brewed

Display of ambitious homemade wines

Preparations for a wine-tasting class

Clare Graham

Elaborate wooden chair carved by Osvaldo and Michael Orellana

Don

Neon restoration and creations in progress by MONA

Repoussé hammered aluminum hard hats from Java oil rig workers

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society

Botanical art (think Rose Parade float makers in training)

The new Shark Encounter exhibit features 4 nurse sharks and a lemon shark

This T-Rex will eat you deep fried or on a stick

Bear on right: &quot;Seriously? No, get rid of it!&quot;

Get your kilt on in the Celtic Village at the L.A. County Fair

The Ploughboys perform in the Celtic Village

Chris Biro of Liberty Wings plays pirate with a real macaw

The brass section prepares to blast the &quot;Call to Post&quot; to start the horse racing

Obviously my money was not on number 9 at Fairplex Park Racetrack

Check out the mantis on the flag trying to manage the fleas

The bizarre Brahma chicken in the Big Red Barn

Fried food ejection device, part 1

Fried food ejection device, part 2

Fried food ejection device, part 3

A food wonderland offers a multitude of choices at the LA County Fair

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Berlin Brats, one of the many food trucks on hand at the L.A. County Fair

The cow at right doesn

When purchasing a vehicle, this lemon is OK

The &quot;toll booth&quot; cashier stations at King Taco is no place for a claustrophobic

The folks at King Taco in the Plaza de las Americas making tortillas by hand

This is a visualization of my dreams

This is all you

Oysters grilling at a booth simply labeled &quot;BBQ Oysters&quot;

Grilled oysters, Mexican-style

This year

&quot;Hello! Please eat our deep fried watermelon!&quot;

The L.A. County Fair

Cowboy potatoes from Big Bubba

What might just be the world

The delicious deep fried dill pickles from The Ranch

The Man vs. Food-worthy Big D donut from Texas Donuts

As if the Big D wasn

A literal brick of curly fries from Juicy