I used to think that the lyric "boiled or stewed, whole or chewed" in Cookie Monster's healthy food song was "almond stew, polo chew".
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I thought Marco Polo was Irish.
Mark O'Polo.— Claire Sparkes - I thought i had to chew my food 27 times before i could swallow because Stephanie said it on Full HouseAnon
- I thought Marco Polo was a kind of shirt.Anon
- I used to believe that tapioca was made from boiled used kleenex.— Abby
- I somehow got the idea that if I boiled a rock, it would come to life. My dad disproved that...Anon
- I used to believe brussel sprouts were holy because they had a cross marked in the top when mum boiled them!— Ali Brill