When I was 6, my older brother told me that ketchup was made of groundup earth worms. I didn't touch the stuff until I had turned almost 23 years old.
A childhood belief about nasty food

others believed things like this
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- my grandma told me not to eat pizza coz the "brown squiggly" stuff there arent burnt cheese but WORMS!
— Mimi - as a kid, i was told by my older cousins that i wasnt human until i turned 7 years old.— twk
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah
- I used to think that since caterpillars become butterflies, earth worms must become moths.— Moth Man
- When I was little, I thought ketchup came from ketchup trees— cristina