When I was younger, my older brother told me that black eyed peas were dead people's eyes. I was completely disgusted as I watched my family eat them for dinner. This story affected me so much, that I couldn't bring myself to eat black eyed peas until I was in high school.
A childhood belief about nasty food
others believed things like this
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- When I was in preschool, the class bully told me that peas were actully cow boogers. Still won't eat peas.— Ren
- When I was younger, I believed that squinting in a storm would make you cross-eyed... forever.Anon
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- i used to believe that peas were toes — DJ
- I used to believe that catterpillar were the peas glued with each other— Umme Hani