This is sad. I use to believe gherkins were indeed a "fancy pants" word for jerky as in beek jerky. Yeah, so the cashier even had a good laugh when I asked for a pack of beef "gherkins." I was eighteen.
A childhood belief about gherkins
others believed things like this
- I thought gherkins were pickled slugs.— Cat
- Until just a few seconds ago, I thought gherkins were beans or something weird like natto...Anon
- I used to beleave that beef jerkey was cow-scabs.— Jennie
- My wife used to believe that CORNED BEEF was from cows who lived beside the seaAnon
- that the chinese dish Hunan beef was really made from humans. To this day, I have never ordered it. — kristen
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell