My grandma always told me that vinegar would dry my blood - I loved vinegar but also used it sparingly worried that I might just end up with powder in my veins.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- We were always told that if we drank vinegar our blood would dry up— Mike B. London
- I used to believe that if you drank vinegar that your blood would dry up.— Emily Hughes
- My gran told me that if you drank vinegar your brains would dry up!!!— Sam
- I used to believe that drinking vinegar would turn you into a robot.Anon
- my aunt used to have an imaginary friend who instead of having blood had 7-up in her veins.Anon
- I thought the blue veins in some cheeses were actually blood vessesls!— Helen