When I was a kid my grandparents told me that Brazilian nuts were N*gger Toes. I actually believed them to be black peoples toes and would not eat them. I still don't eat them when I get mixed nuts. I throw them away.
A childhood belief about nasty food

others believed things like this
- When I was younger I believed that pistachio nuts were made out of beetles that had somehow been dried out. — Alyssa
- When i was younger my grandma told me that the nuts that was on the bread were bug wings, i still ate it.— Matt
- I used to think tree-nuts (especially almonds) were made of wood. — Josh
- I used to think that if you ate nuts and seeds that minature trees woudl grow in your stomach.— Gillian
- My father always told me that if I wore socks to bed I would grow hair inbetween my toes. Anon
- i used to believe that peas were toes — DJ