I had my sister convinced that SPAM meant 'Squashed Pig and Moggy'. She refused to eat spam for a good 5 years claiming that it contained cat. Curiously, she never told my parents the reason why she refused to eat it.
A childhood belief about nasty food
others believed things like this
- My father told me that Spam was a mix of sparrow and ham. I believed this for years lol— Tara the Terror
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- My dad told me SPAM was made of Squirrel, Possum, and Mice YUM YUM — Suzanne
- I used to think for a very long time, that spam was left over animal parts with salt.— Ebony
- My older sister used to tell me that ants were bees. My mom was very confused when I refused to go outside.— Paulette
- My mother used to call my behind "a paw paw" and for many years I refused to eat paw paws (papayas)— Garth