When i was younger, i used to believe that Yams (the vegtable) were actually an insect like a grub or caterpilla. I refused to eat them as i thought they were a bug, i was around 10 when i fineally realised they were a vegetable after seeing them uncooked at the supermarket.
A childhood belief about nasty food
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that crocodiles were green because they were uncooked— The Ice Cream Sandwich Monster
- My family told me that if I ate uncooked oatmeal that it would swell up and my stomach would explode.— david
- I thought if someone is in a vegatative state they literally turn into a giant vegetable!— Samilton Duerheiser
- I used to wonder what kind of insect "uncles" were named after.
I had "Ants" figured out.— Kimberly in AZ - When I was a kid, I used to believe that cadbury cream eggs real uncooked eggs in the middle Anon
- I used to believe thato to adopt a child you had to collect points from supermarket products...— Linda