food: general

When I was younger we had guinea pigs called Bubble and Squeak - hence the reason why I thought for a long time that bubble and squeak was made of guinea pigs!

When I was little, my mother told me that the black olives on pizza were mushrooms and since I liked mushrooms, I ate them.

My wife used to believe that CORNED BEEF was from cows who lived beside the sea

My mother is a terrible cook and often tells a story about one of the first times I ever went to a Chinese restaurant (I was probably about 5 years old). When the meal came I jumped up on my seat and screamed "What's THAT??!!" My family asked what on Earth I was talking about and I said "Those orange things! What are THEY??!!" My mother replied "Why, they're carrots, dear." My response: "NO THEY'RE NOT! Carrots are BROWN!" A true testament to my mother's cooking.

I didn't mind eating lambs brains when I was a kid because I thought it would make me smart.

I used to believe…

that penut butter was really made of just peanuts and Butter

my mom used to tell me that if I didn't swab my ears out with q-tips every night, then potatoes would grow in them.

i thought my granddad wouldn't notice that i'd dug up all of his green peppers (they gave me burps!)

when I was younger my sister & her friend told me & my friend that if we ate dandelion stems we would be beautiful...
Needless to say, we ended up pissing our pants due to the diuretic effect of eating said plants.
My question is how my sister knew that would happen, she was only 7.

My sister and brother in law don't like Salt and Vinegar flavour crisps, so they told their son (my nephew) that they are "special crisps" just for him, and he eats them, leaving his parents to eat the nicer ones like Cheese and Onion.

I used to believe…

the neighbor girl i grew up with told me that "cheese makes you concentrate." (i *think* she meant constipate...)

I used to believe that red pistachio shells were the same as women's press on nails.

i always said that i hated fish, until my nmum told me the truth when i was nine. those 'special chicken' sandwiches i loved so much were in fact tuna mayonnaise

i was convinced chips were made of meat (probably because of the taste when they were cooked in dripping) ... my world fell apart when aged about 5 i saw the potatoes being cut ...

p.s. monica beetroot can turn your wee pink ...

My mum told my brother that beetroot turned your wee pink. To this day he still won't eat it

My mum told me that cold custard (which I hated) was in fact Banana Blancmange. I lapped it up for years.