general

that penut butter was really made of just peanuts and Butter

Alomie

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.

robert parker

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

pikl

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.

Ellen

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.

Pritch

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

jen

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

Bob

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 ...

tony

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

Monica

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

Chalky

I used to beleive that liver (as in liver and onions and gravy) was rhinocerous meat.

Anon

I used to eat my meals more slowly than my brothers and cousins so they would all be out playing while i was stuck at the table until i finished eating. I would rather be out playing of course, so i would tell my mom that i was full and that she had given me too much food. She would then tell me to open my mouth as wide as i could and then make a big show of looking down my throat and inspecting the inside of my stomach. She'd say, "I see plenty of room down there." I believed her and grudgingly finished eating before i went out to play.

Stephie

I used to belive that hamburgers were infact called "handburgers" because you ate them out of your hand :D

Anon

My older sister had me convinced that noodles grew on trees, but that rice was man-made...

Trusting little brother

Anyone remember the old "Cookeen" lard ads? I firmly used to believe that if I ate some of this I could actually float. I had all these great fantasies about what I could do if I ate enough of the stuff. I pestered my mum for ages to buy some and couldn't understand why she wouldn't!

Dave S

When eating a meal, my mum would check my corners (the little space under your shoulder), there was always space for a pudding!

Beany

i didn't eat very much as a child and so my dad told me that toast only done on one side was 'chinese toast'.
this immediately gave toast a whole new perspective for me. i then ate as much as i could.

shube

I was led to believe that steak was really made of children, and that if I didn't eat it, that I would be turned into steak myself. I'm 23, I still dont eat the stuff. aces to my father and his parenting skills ;)

Milkshake