Learning about chemical reactions made me worried that my mom would mix the wrong things together when cooking and make some kind of poison. I refused to eat anything she made without a recipe until I was in third or fourth grade, and I was terrified that she would accidentally kill herself with her strange cakes.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that parents do things to make there children happier. well i was wrong. — Emma C.
- I always refused to eat coffeecake because I thought it was made with coffee grounds. Anon
- I used to believe wolverines made good housepets -- I was wrong.— I told you so
- I used to think people were made of dirt and mayonnaise. I kind of rememeber picking this up at church.— julia
- I used to believe Airplanes were things that made air plane- like took out scents, took out impurities, etc...— Emile
- There was a popular rumor back in grade school that BUBBLE YUM gum was made with spider eggs.— Amber