I used to believe that salt was used to cool down your dinner. The first thing my family did as soon as the dinner plate was set down was to put salt on it, and then eat it.
A childhood belief about salt

you weren't the only one
23 of you believed this
- I used to believe that adding salt to food will make it cooler.— Ale Nijamkin
- i thought salt made food cold, since pepper made it *hot* — cattiva
- When I was little, about 3, I belived salt cooled hot foods off.Anon
- Always adding salt to my soup which was obviously served hot, I thought that salt cooled off the food.— mateo
- I believed that putting salt and pepper on my food would cool it down.— Jen