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When I was around 5 years old I became curious as to where foods came from and was still trying to process and accept that "meat" came from animals. One day while eating lunch I wondered where my hot dog came from and asked my mother. I fully expected her to say it grew on a tree in some far away land but to my shock and horror she told me "hot dogs come from cows." It made perfect sense - hot dogs were actually cow boobs (udders) - a cow has six udders and, in those days, hot dogs came in packs of six! Then I thought what a waste of life to kill a whole cow just for a single pack of hot dogs!!!

Linda Smith

I was told that if you dropped food on the floor, the devil kissed it.

Teresa

parents are always telling you not to waste food, because he poor people don't get any, you're so lucky etc. well, logically, as a kid, i thot that was pretty dumb; i mean, the more food we throw away, the more "poor people" get to eat from the dustbins, right? lol.

blah

When I was young i always thought the chicken really came from the big bucket outside of K.F.C..lol!!

kristi

My father used to tell me that squashes are eggs of crocodiles. This really encouraged me to eat a lot of it thinking that it can really make me as strong as a crocodile. I can't remember how I come to realize this wasn't so.

... Don't worry dad, I still eat my veggies. :D

keen

People in my family often talk about going on sabbatical-- they plan ours, they talk about other people going on sabbatical, etc. When I was little it was very confusing to hear people say this big word, and I came to the conclusion that it was actually "spaghattical" and whenever someone said it I would picture Italian pasta.

Hannah

I used to believe that hazelnuts were real currency, with actual value to buy things.

Valerie, Ottawa Canada

When I was little, I was watching a tv show and a rich girl was refusing to eat left-overs, and i dont know what it was she said that made me think this, but i always thought that left-overs was literally food you had already eaten & thrown up!!
Gross, i know.

Haizzly

I was told that broccoli and cauliflower were in fact huge trees that grew in a miniature forest. It worked I always ate my baby trees.

My sister was against eating animals, so our mother told her "these steaks grew on trees honey".

tricia

When I was little I used to think the foods I ate that were in the shape of animals,people, etc would reassmble themselves inside my stomach, and live there. I also thought they swam in oceans of orange juice...or something.

Jules

That everything was made out of food, depending on the color. I believed, for instance, that diapers were made out of milk.

Jeanette

Since I liked to eat pickles so much, my parents had me convinced I'd grow up into a pickle. I'm older now and not green though.

Olivia

I used to think when the waitress asked my parents if they wanted "soup or salad" she was asking if they wanted something called the "super salad".

Christy

I used to belive that frech fries were made out of bread....like you would chop it up into strips and deep fry it...and then you had a fry! I belived that until I was like ten! then i asked my mom about it and she just laughed and siad "NO!, they're made out of potatoes.!"

french fried!

When I was really yound, my Dad took me downstairs to make me a PB+J sandwich. I put the peanut butter and the Jelly on the same side of the bread, and he said if I did that, the Peanut Butter and jelly police would come and take me away. He even dialed their "number" (but didn't press "send") I was CONVINCED the police were coming to take me away. I tried not to cry, and dad couldn't understand why I wasn't hungry anymore. It is one of my worst memories, and I can make my dad feel guilty to this day.

Emma Cudney

When I was younger, I used to think that Original flavored chips were Onion flavored. I was such a good reader.

Anon

I used to believe that the reason carrot cake was called carrot cake was because there where carrots that where frosted on the cake. when I found out that there was actually carrots in it, I refused to eat it for a while.

Orkdork

I used to think that baby chicks were removed from the eggs we eat, replaced with yolk and whites, then glued back together. Since I didn't understand the idea of conception yet, it was the only explination!!

JoeJoe

I used to believe that hotdogs were worms that were fed a lot of paper so that they could get bigger and bigger. I have not touched a hotdog until after I was 14-15.

Pauline Ann Santos

I used to believe mushrooms were a meat.

Lee Ann