An avid pickle lover, my aunt would tell me that I would eventually turn into a pickle if I kept eating so much. I not only believed her, but I even had nightmares about it.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- I used to believe a pickle was a smaller version of the cucumber.Anon
- eating cheese before bed gives you nightmaresAnon
- I used to believe that eating chicken skin will give me nightmares.— zihui
- My aunt always used to tell me that if I swallowed gum, I'd turn into a frog!— Deana, Las Vegas, NV.
- My Aunt used to tell me that if I didn't share, I would turn into a crow.— Peter
- but my aunt used to tell me that if i eat too many noodles, i wud turn into a mummy when i died Anon