general

When I was very little, I used to believe that bacon came from the tail of a pig because it was curly!!

Audrey

When I was a little girl, I believed that the orange cheese crackers that come in the packs with peanut butter were made out of monarch butterfly wings. I even explained the entire process to my younger sister.

DryadDreams

My mum used to tell me that baked beans were just peas covered in tomato sauce.

munky

At christmas, we always make a little buffet with crackers and spreads and sarnies. Stuff like that. But my nan would never eat brussels pate. We thought she just didn't like it until the day came when she said "how can you eat a pate made from sprouts?"

The Game

I used to believe you couldnt leave any peas on your plate otherwise they would be upset at being parted from the ones you ate.

Charlotte

when i was 8 and my sister was 5 i convinced her that the white wood inside a freshly broken tree branch was uncooked chicken. i had to sit in the corner when my mom caught her chewing on some.

Anon

I used to think that pickles grew naturally in the sea, and that's why the water in the jar was so salty.

Anon

In 1954 when I was 4 years old we got our first TV. An advertisement for KIX breakfast cereal showed a boy and girl my own age eating the cereal and then flying off the floor and around the room while the noise of a jet plane was heard and the announcer said: "Eat KIX and be jet propelled". Soon afterward, the first time I ever ate KIX cereal was absolutely beyond a doubt the most horribly disappointed I have EVER been in my life, and that was 50 years ago!

Still earthbound

When I was little one of my favourite snacks was a plate of sliced apple and cheese, and my favourite pudding was blancmange. If she'd made one of these for me and then I changed my mind and didn't want it, my Mum would tell me it was the Queen's favourite food, and that always encouraged me to eat.

Daisy K

when I was 5 - 6 a kid tried to convince me that the black bits in the middle of a banana was ELEPHANT MEAT. He told me with great conviction, yet I wasnt sure.........

Kylie

I was 14 when i realized that nectarines were not shaved peaches

tim

My mother told me (when I was wee) that if I stuck my finger in the pudding to taste it, it wouldn't get thick, but instead would be all runny and yucky so she'd know I'd touched it.

I was 28 before I finally asked anyone else if this was true (via a post on usenet). It isn't.

Now I stick my fingers in the pudding on general principle every time I make it.

gemma

I used to believe that if I ate eggs I would become pregnant, as I asked my Mum how babies were made and got the big story about eggs and sperm.

Chellebelle

I used to think pineapples came from cheese, because they I thought cut slices look the same. I thought that's why they had ham & pineapple pizzas.

Misty

For the longest time, I thought that grilled cheese sandwiches were actually GIRL cheese sandwiches. I always felt a little slighted when my parents gave them to both me and my brother, since he plainly didn't meet the requirements.

Samantha

I used to believe making a cake from scratch meant using a box mix rather than buying a cake from the store.

EZ

When I was little, I used to think that brussel sprouts were midget lettuce.

Jules

I used to believe that knowledge was a vitamin.
Like, an actual vitamin called Vitamin K.

I just remember my brother on my first day of school telling me 'knowledge is a vitamin'.

I was 8 when I found out he was talking crap.

Tim

My mom once told me that the little white plastic thing they put in the middle of your pizza to hold it together was accually there for the children to use with their barbies. I thought the pizza company was ripping me off because they were always too small to be tables for my barbies (i checked every time)

Brianna

Up until the age of nine, I used to think that Marmalade was made out of goldfish.

Sadie