It was not until college that I found out that pickles came from cucumbers. As God as my witness, I thought there was a pickle plant. Thanks Vince.
A childhood belief about gherkins

others believed things like this
- Up until the age of 21 I believed pickles were pickles, I had no idea they were cucumbers.— Jason
- so guess what i learned the other day: pickles came from cucumbers. yes indeed.— jenna
- I used to believe that pickles grew on trees and didn't come from cucumbers.Anon
- I used to believe the pickles were the fingers of martians. Because of that, I did not eat pickles.— alexandre, a French student in eighth grade
- that the green bit of cucumbers was poisonousAnon
- I used to believe a pickle was a smaller version of the cucumber.Anon