I used to believe that you put butter on things to cool them down. It never occurred to me that it was for flavor until I was almost a teenager.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My mother told me if I ate too much butter I'd get worms. I didn't eat too much butter...— Dicky
- I used to think that vanilla was the absence of chocolate, not its own flavor.— Gen
- I used to be believe that vanilla ice cream was the "healthy" flavor.Anon
- When I was about 6 years old I use to think that if a cookie crumbled all the flavor would escape.— Arilinia
- I used to believe that vanilla wasn't a flavor. It just didn't have chocolate in it!— Andrea
- I used to believe that the Fire Station was where all fires occurred.Anon