Nearly a week since the 2018 New York State Fair closed, your cholesterol may have gone back to normal levels. FRIED FOOD LADY 18Some Fair food, like sausage sandwiches and baked sweet potatoes can be imitated at home, but that deep-fried everything is tough to duplicate.

Until next August you’ll have to settle for more conventional fried entrees, like fish and chicken, or better yet eat a bit healthier. Be honest, fried mac and cheese, waffle bombs and calorie-laden battered meats are great novelties, but they aren’t real food.

Thirteen days a year is plenty of time to try out such concoctions, just to say you did.