You know those dark spots that appear on toast when it's toasted more in some places than others? I used to think that those spots were poisonous and if I ate them, I would get really sick and die.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I used to believe chocolate milk came from cows with brown spots.Anon
- My daughter belived that she was getting old because she had brown spots (freckles) like an old banana— lauren
- I used to think that jewish men wore "kippots" or "yarmulkes" to cover their bald spots..— Charlotte
- Dark brown Smarties were poisonous.Anon
- I used to think that the toast would never pop out of the toaster if you watched it while you were waiting.Anon
- I believed that my mother invented toast.— Helen