I used to think that when commercials said "Made from scratch" that the food was made from leftover scraps on other people's plates.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think that when you made food 'from scratch', that scratch was an ingredient like starch.— Aynsleigh
- i thought salt made food cold, since pepper made it *hot* — cattiva
- Thanks to the commercials,I believed that Philadelphia Cream Cheese was made by Jesus.— Too Literal
- I used to think eyedust was made by people who lived in your eyes and made buns.— The world looks to me.
- I used to believe that tofu was actually called "toe food" and that it was made out of toe-jam.Anon
- I used to believe Mexican food was made from real Mexicans!— Holly W.