I was told that broccoli and cauliflower were in fact huge trees that grew in a miniature forest. It worked I always ate my baby trees.
My sister was against eating animals, so our mother told her "these steaks grew on trees honey".
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that broccoli grew on trees. It looks like a tree, so it made sense, right?— Catherine...
- I was told that spaghetti grew on trees and i anounced it in class one day in grammer school.— w.b.
- My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...— Trusting little brother
- I used to think popcorn grew on trees until i was 13.— Davina
- i used to believe that spaggetti grew on trees!Anon
- I used to think that tea grew on trees already in mugs!Anon