i was convinced chips were made of meat (probably because of the taste when they were cooked in dripping) ... my world fell apart when aged about 5 i saw the potatoes being cut ...
p.s. monica beetroot can turn your wee pink ...
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- My mum told my brother that beetroot turned your wee pink. To this day he still won't eat it— Monica
- i knew that if you ate beets your urine would turn pink and i thought if it was pink, then you could drink it.— JP
- I believed that ham was mouse meat, because it was pink and my dad told me so. — Zo
- When I was six my sister told me Meat Pies were made from mashed up rats...to this day I can't eat a Meat Pie.— Jamie
- When you are very poor you "can't make end's meat." End's meat is some sort of cheap very low quality meat.— Betty
- I used to believe that when I got old my red hair would turn pink before it went white.Anon