I used to believe that "chicharron" (a latino's food --deep fried pork skin) was made out of pig's ears. The reason I believed that for a long time is because in my home country (Nicaragua) we call "chicharron" by a different name: "Torrejas" which rymes with "orejas" (ears in Spanish).
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- For some reason until I was about 10 I used to believe that the dentist pierced your ears.— Kendall.XxX
- My sister believed the pork in pork and beans was marshmallow...and would always "fight" us for it.Anon
- My dad told me "Hush Puppie" shoes were made from Basset Hound ears.— William
- When I was a kid I believed that if you swallowed a fruit pip that treees would grow from your ears.— Liz Smith
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar
- i used to believe that bunny's could fly with their ears.Anon