My parents had me convinced when I was a child that the cuts of meat we ate for dinner were from dinosaurs. it was the only way they could get me to try anything new.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My mom was always talking about "making
ends meat" but I don't ever remember having it served at dinner!— John Stees - When you are very poor you "can't make end's meat." End's meat is some sort of cheap very low quality meat.— Betty
- When I was a child, I used to think that the humans grow up like the dinosaurs — Pretty
- When I was a child I used to believe that there were dinosaurs living in the mountains near where I live.— Teacher LM
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- My sister told me as a child that ravioli was 'hedgehog' meat.
Still can't eat it today.......— Sal Myers