food

I used to think preserves (like jam) and preservatives were the same thing and I heard people say preservatives were bad for you so I wondered why people would eat pure preservatives

I used to believe the milk would get sad if all I ever drank was koolaid.

I used to believe…

A book I read when I was really young gave me a bizarre idea of eating seeds. I always used to believe that when you accidentally swallowed any kind of seed- like watermelon or lemon seeds, a huge tree would grow inside of you. I imagined branches coming out through my mouth, ears and nose. I stopped believing that up till I was 13 years old or so.

I used to believe…

when i was a kid i used to believe that snowcones come from snow

I used to believe…

when i was little, after every meal my mom told me to leave a little bit of food on my plate for my guardian angel. when i was done eating i pushed all the food that was left on my plate to the center and then leave the table. the plate was always gone in the morning so that meant my angel ate it all

I used to believe…

My mom once told me that there were bugs that lived in the tips of bananas and that you should always break off the ends before eating the banana. I used to get uncomfortable watching people eat bananas, wondering why they were eating the bugs. I'm still a bit uneasy about eating the ends to this day.

I used to believe that salt would dry up all of my blood because my mother told me so.

I thought until fairly recently that bacon came from the skin of a pig and that's why it was so thin

I was certain until a few years ago that accidentally swallowed gum would stay in your gut for precisely 7 years (to the second) and stick to other food so it would get really big and gross. Then, on the 7-year mark, you would poo out a seemingly endless string of stretchy, accumulated food. Nasty.

i used to believe that if you swallowed gum, when you breathed in, your stomach would stick to your back

I used to believe…

When I was 6 years old I used to love honey, on toast or by itself. Then one day my sister told me that if I ate any more honey I would turn into a bee, because she could see a stripe on my nose. I got really scared and started crying.
Now I know that there was never any stripe and that I could eat as much honey as I want and I wouldn't turn into a bee, but I've gone off it now.

I used to believe…

Growing up, I always heard the term "alcoholic" said with the word "beverage." I therefore thought that beverage was a term for an alcoholic drink. When we would stop at a gas station I would refuse to get a drink if the sign above the drinks said "Beverages." I thought it was for adults only. One time I saw my grandmother get a ginger ale from the Beverages section of a gas station and because I had also heard the term ale in regards to alcoholic drinks, I came to the conclusion that ginger ale was alcoholic.
It took me years to learn otherwise. All those times I declined a sip of ginger ale, she probably thought I just wasn't thirsty or didn't want her germs.
I thought she was trying to offer me a sip of booze!

I used to believe…

Toasted bread is healthier than regular untoasted bread.

I used to believe…

When I saw a fruit pie labelled "Harvest Fruit Pie", I thought that meant you were only supposed to eat it at Harvest Festival time.

I used to believe that the reason why some packs of bacon were saltier than others was because some pigs were more salty naturally.

I used to believe…

when i was little i hated to eat animal cookies or anything i considered "cute". my brother then told me that when i ate them they would have a party in my stomach.