When I was little I thought salt and pepper were opposites- as in, for every time someone salted something, it canceled out the pepper taste. I pictured someone saying "this is too salty!" and therefore putting more pepper on it. I was very confused for a very long time when my dad would put both on his food at the same time. It just seemed so pointless!
A childhood belief about salt
others believed things like this
- I believed Dr. Pepper was pepper-flavored medicine and was afraid to drink it.Anon
- I used to believe that Dr. Pepper actually tastes like Black pepper. I'm still afraid to try it.Anon
- I use to believe that salt would cool food down while pepper would heat your foodAnon
- i thought salt made food cold, since pepper made it *hot* — cattiva
- I used to think that pepper was only used to mark where you'd put the salt.— BK
- I never used to understand why salt was bad for you, but pepper wasn't.— Lara