There were hands in your stomach and when you ate and your food went to your stomach, the hands would come out in white gloves and mush the food up further.
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- I always believed as a child your stomach was a big hand which squeezed your food out through your bum....— amc
- We put food in our mouths, so naturally I believed my stomach was in my head.— Timb
- my cousin uded to belive that hiccups were caused by the food in your stomach colliding.— Christine
- I use to believe that salt would cool food down while pepper would heat your foodAnon
- I used to believe when ordering Chinese food the food and delivery man came from China— Dave
- I thought when you got food poisoning it might someone had put poison in your food— Bootlebat