When I was 3 or 4, my older cousin told me that the spaghetti type noodles in the soup I was eating weren't really noodles, but cat intestines. I believed her, but it didn't really stop me from eating them... it was tasty, after all.
A childhood belief about nasty food

others believed things like this
- My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...— Trusting little brother
- I used to believe that barf always had noodles and carrots in it no matter what you ate that day. — DumbKid
- I used to believe that noodles that were dyed different colors such as green had been killed.— Tasha
- but my aunt used to tell me that if i eat too many noodles, i wud turn into a mummy when i died Anon
- My friend believed that eating bread crusts or eating mustard will give you curly hair.— Linda from Southern California
- When I was young, I thought that rice was actually ants eggs! Didn't stop me from eating it though (: -@— Doh!