I used to believe that a can of Chef Boyardee was poisonous until you heated it up. Im still afraid to eat it cold!
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- I used to think what heated the food in the pan was the boiling water, not the heat under it.— Mario
- I thought the tip jar at the restaurant was so people could give the chef cooking tips for how to cook better.Anon
- I believed they put heated coils in lakes for the ducks to swim in the wintertime.Anon
- that the green bit of cucumbers was poisonousAnon
- I used to believe that the dust on top of doors was poisonous.— draconid
- Dark brown Smarties were poisonous.Anon