I was told by a friend that cherry cola was made from the bodies of red ants and consequently spent a good hour staring into a bottle of said drink to check if there were any in there. There was no indication of whether black ants contributed to Guiness or if lime cordial was the product of greenfly.
A childhood belief about drinks

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Marmite was made of ants...— Tam
- I used to think that the gas meter made antsAnon
- My daughter believed that as bees made honey, ants must make marmite.— Linda
- i used to believe that the hard toe caps on rugby boots were made from giant ants found in the amazon!— eryll
- Long grass with black seeds were really ant hotels, and the seeds were sleeping ants.— angelsheep
- When I was little my mother told me that the chocolate sprinkles you put on ice-cream were ants.Anon