when I was younger my mum told me that tagliatelle came out of italian mens noses, they sat in the corner of a room pulled snot outta their noses and hung on a washing line to dry!! I beleived this 'til high school! The worst thing is i still ate the tagliatelle!

britney

My dad told me that kiwi fruits were kiwi birds testicles. They are the right shape and kind of furry

jefnier

My Dad told me that you make butter by putting a cow in a spin drier. I wrote this in a school exercise and they all laughed and pinned it up on the wall,

Jackie

It is a very common belief held by many in Northern Ireland, including myself, when younger, that corned beef was made from Argentinian horses. For those of you from NI reading this. THIS IS NOT TRUE. I had to explain this to my 25 year old wife just the other day.........

Sam the (Irish) man

I used to think that the unpopped kernels in popcorn were the popcorn "seeds". I didn't know that you had to put popcorn in the microwave, so I thought that if youy planted the popcorn seeds in the ground, it would turn into a popcorn tree.

Anon

i was told that if we made a noise whilst a cake was baking in theoven it wouldn't rise.
it was only when i tried to keep the rest of the cookery class quite during a cake baking lesson that i realised it was my mothers way of keeping myself and my siblings quiet for a while.

jill

I used to believe that the KFC chicken was made inside the giant bucket and went through a tube and underground into the store.

carli

I used to believe that Chopsticks were used because people couldn't see properly, and that the chopsticks were antennae that would then sense the food and allow the person to find and eat it.

Sana

My father told me that Spam was a mix of sparrow and ham. I believed this for years lol

Tara the Terror

When I was 8 my brother told me that nutella was produced by a married couple. The man called Nut and the woman called Ella. Foolishly enough, I believed everything my brother told me! Soon enough my friends informed me that I was wrong...lol

Anon

My dad told me when I was younger that if I'd save my ice-cream cone at Braums, I could have more. I always forgot about this but he would be sure to remind me when I was done eating it. Finally one day, I ate every drop of ice-cream that was in my cone but finally I had saved my cone. He laughed at me and told me he was joking! He let me believe this for several years lol how mean XD

Anon

I used to think Rice Crispies cereal was made by taking all the marshmallows out of a rice crispie treat instead of the other way around.

Anon

Ravioli Sunday

This is a holiday we had growing up that was such an intrinsic part of our family that none of us really even questioned it's validity. It was just Ravioli Sunday and honestly it didn't dawned on us until our mid teens that this may just be a family affair.

My grandmother on my mom's side would make 100 raviolis in one day. The entire family would come by that afternoon for "Ravioli Sunday".

Yea I know, we are a little slow...

Mauldin & Naperkoski/Sinisi Families

i used to believe if i eat fish it would turn my stomach into a fishtank and make me turn into glass.

Anon

I thought until fairly recently that bacon came from the skin of a pig and that's why it was so thin

Nate

Ice cream was made from feathers. My brother told me it was.

ed209

I hated french onion soup so my dad told me that it was banana soup and i lapped it up for years.

AussieMeg

I used to believe an artichoke was an animal and we only ate its heart.

Laura

When I was little I was eating an apple when my mother asked if I had washed it, I replied no and she went completely nuts yelling DON'T YOU KNOW THE WASH APPLES WITH INSECT POO! For years afterwards I was fanatic about washing fruit. When i was 18 I was telling my boyfriend off for not washing his apple because of the insect poo polishing on the outside, everyone laughed at my stupidity. When I yelled at mum later she denied all knowledge of ever saying they used insect poo as polish!!!

melissa

My Dad told me that Lamb was man made in a factory, 'cos I wouldn't eat it if I knew it had ben running around in a field.
I believed this for 3 years.

Anthony