When I was about 8, an older friend and her brother convinced me that mayonnaise was made from the stuff inside pimples. Although I later learned this wasn't true (duh), because of the image I still couldn't eat mayonnaise for about 25 years.
A childhood belief about nasty food
others believed things like this
- I used to think people were made of dirt and mayonnaise. I kind of rememeber picking this up at church.— julia
- My older brother made me believe that wristwatches were powered by tiny Japanese men inside them.— Outsider
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon
- My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...— Trusting little brother
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah