my dad told me that the white stuff on oranges was deadly, and made me peel it all off, everytime i ate one. it took me hours to munch one, sometimes days if it was a jaffa.

speedymarks

I used to believe that the crunchy things in the fillings of Fig Newtons were actually hornets eggs...ever since then I can't eat them.

Melissa Shea - Durham, NC USA

My Dad convinced us that the round part at the top of a chop was poisonous, and that the best bit was the long streaky bit of fat down the side. He always made sure to get rid of the posionous bit for us 4 kids........

H. Hill

When I was at school, me and all my friends believed that the green bits in crisps were highjly poisonous and the black bits gave you cancer. Not only that but my Mum also told me that if you get a ball of flavouring inside a pack of wotsits and eat it, you'll die!
I believed this for years, and still cant eat crisps, and I'm 30!

Darrell

I believed that the inside of a tomato was a small, living creature and I flatly refused to eat that bit.

Anon

I used to believe that Marmite was made of ants...

Tam

All children my age used to believe that if you ate POP ROCKS and drank a soda, your stomach would explode!

Amber

My brother told me that if you eat the white bits of pith left when you peel oranges and satsumas, you will die. Even now, it takes me ages to eat an orange as I have to be sure there are no killer white bits.

Sarah

My mate used to believe that the lids of yoghurt pots were poisonous, and to this day won't ever lick one.

Anon

i ised to love tomatoes until someone told me they turn your ears red I still can't eat a tomato today and I'm in my late twenties

mandi

| believed that liver and brussel sprouts were evil.

I'm OK with liver now, but brussel sprouts...

James