To get us to eat Liver, my mom used to call it Velvet Steak. (Steak was a very rare treat) So we were always excited about it, until we figured it out in our teens. For some reason it tasted better when it was called Velvet Steak!
A childhood belief about nasty food
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Steak was actually alligator meat. Anon
- I used to think that people who donated their kidneys were doing it for steak and kidney pie.Anon
- I used to think satin was a material like velvet.Anon
- I used to beleive that liver (as in liver and onions and gravy) was rhinocerous meat.Anon
- i used to think that they killed people and took out their liver to make liver!— Sarah
- Would you believe liver, tea, and justice for all? Tea I could take, but liver? Ewg!— Texas granny