I always wondered about those cooking shows. The chefs could put food in an oven, and then pull it out and they'd be cooked! I just guessed my mom was just a bad cook.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I thought the tip jar at the restaurant was so people could give the chef cooking tips for how to cook better.Anon
- I used to wonder why the oven didn't set food on fire!— danielle
- when i was little i thought pigs ate only tomatoes because bacon and ham was red when cooked.Anon
- i used to think that you used pepper spray to cook— c-dogg
- I used to think that you could get a tan if you turned the oven on, opened the door and stood in front of it.Anon
- I believed that Reindeer loved popcorn, and so I would cook a bag and scatter it on the porch.— Popcornsanta