i used to be deathly terrifed of Rice Krispies cereal. I thought the "popping" noise it made was a warning for me not to it eat!!
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- my brother told me rice crispies were really fish eggs we gave to the goldfish. I never ate rice crispies.— johnboy
- My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...— Trusting little brother
- I used to think that when you poured milk into your cereal, the cereal multiplied.— Allen
- When I was a kid I believed that if I ate cereal I would be a cereal killer.Anon
- my gran tod me that rabbits made a noise that went "map map"— Lise
- I used to think that the wind that made a howling noise was a ghost.— Febi