It would be possible to traverse the length of the Utah State Fair by sliding on all the greasy food one can eat there.

Last night I hit the Fair with my family, and we shared a tasty but undoubtedly artery-clogging funnel cake. The sharing was not equal, as my 8-year-old only nibbled a bit while my 5-year-old declared it "vomitrocious" after the first bite.

We missed out on what my colleague Kathy Stephenson reports today (in the dead-tree Tribune) is one of the hits of this year's Fair: A deep-fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The line at the booth - which also serves deep-fried Snickers bars, Twinkies and Oreos (and faces the barbecue stand that serves "pork chop on a stick") - was way too long, a hidden blessing to my cholesterol count.

We weren't the only ones taking advantage of good food. In the Zion building, we popped in just as Gov. John Huntsman and his family were checking out the pie-recipe contest. My 8-year-old mustered the courage to walk up and shake the Guv's hand.

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