My dad told me that rice was dried maggots, and would become alive in my stomach... I wouldn't eat it ever... the first time I tried it I was 23 and I still had to drink a lot before I was talked into it..
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- my brother told me rice crispies were really fish eggs we gave to the goldfish. I never ate rice crispies.— johnboy
- I used to think that if I ate a fruit seed it would grow in my stomach if I drink water after thatAnon
- if you drink water from unsafe places, frogs will grow in your stomach...— Olivier
- Someone told my that rice was really spider eggs. I still don't look at it the same. Anon
- I thought that gnats were baby flies, then one day I found out about maggots. yuck— Felicia
- I used to think that if you mixed a diet drink with a regular drink, it would explode. Anon