My mother told me that drinking mile straight out of the carton (this was in the days before plastic milk jugs) would cause my stomach to swell up and explode. For years I would only drink milk from a glass. Consequently I always threw my school lunch milk away because there were no glasses and it came in cartons. I can't believe I never wondered why all my friends were OK after drinking the school milk...
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that milk was what cows peed. Never stopped me from drinking it though!
— Reuben - that black women breastfed chocolate milk instead of white milkAnon
- I used to beleive that milk bottles were filled with milk, directly from the cow's udder.Anon
- When we were little my sister thought if you mixed cow’s milk and water you’d get goat’s milkAnon
- I used to believe I could milk dogs like the cows. This was because I saw a nurse milk his cow.— Laurent and Alexis, French students in eighth grade
- I didn't believe that a cow's milk and the milk in the fridge were at all related!Anon