I used to think that the salt and pepper that sat on the table at mealtimes was for different uses. The salt was to cool you food if it was too hot and the pepper was to heat it up if too cold.
A childhood belief about salt
you weren't the only one
23 of you believed this
- I used to believe that adding salt to food will make it cooler.— Ale Nijamkin
- i thought salt made food cold, since pepper made it *hot* — cattiva
- When I was little, about 3, I belived salt cooled hot foods off.Anon
- Always adding salt to my soup which was obviously served hot, I thought that salt cooled off the food.— mateo
- I believed that putting salt and pepper on my food would cool it down.— Jen