nasty food

When my son was about 4 he LOVED hot dogs. He ate them for almost every meal and snack. Until one day my husbands younger cousin told him that if you eat hot dogs you poop worms. I took him about 7 years before he would eat another hot dog.

LadyJaen

i remember thinking that scrambled eggs were actually baby chicks that had been chopped up and stirred to be scrambled eggs (they were the same color!). I couldn't figure out how chickens could sometimes hatch eggs that were food, and sometimes hatch eggs that were chicks.

molly

I was told that eating raw sugar would give me pinworms. Ugh. What a gross thought...

Anon

i thought ground beef in the meat market was nothing but a pile of worms

marcia

I used to think that sno-cones were made of snow, so my friends and I would "make" our own by scooping snow off the street and eating it (and the worst part is, it was New York City snow... not exactly the best snow for eating).

Anon

I used to believe that cat-food was food for people. I called it choco-bits because it was brown. :-)

Anal

i use to beleive that horseraddish came from horses shoes

Anon

when i was in kinder garden i had watermelon scented erasers.i never could figure out why they always smelled like candy.i thought at first they were becuase i had never seen them before.so one day i ate one!i quickly learned that erasers and candy are completely different things.

chrissy

I remember when my parents told me that McDonalds used nightcrawlers (worms) to make the meat they used for hamburgers. I believed it totally but for some reason it didn't stop me from eating their Big Mac's. I remember whenever I would bite into it, I would look and examine the meat in the hamburger I was eating.
Even though I was grossed out by the thought of ground up worms in my hamburger patty, I think the good taste prevailed.

Wade

When I was little, I started to question the tiny, bug-sized dough bubbles in the take-out pizza I ate (if you don't know what I'm talking about, it's the bumpy area under the sauce and cheese). That led me to believe that there were little creatures (bugs or something) baked into the dough. I didn't touch pizza for a while.

Anon

When I was younger my sister beleived anything and everything so one day I asked her if she knew about the dogs that didn't have tails she was like yeah why do you care so I told her that those were what hot dogs were made of she doesnt eat them to this day.

Brunette1121

My friends family took me to a farm/vacation place with them and kids were allowed to go into the chicken coop to get eggs. Only, I saw one laying an egg and thought that eggs were actually chicken poop, and I wouldnt eat eggs for almost a year after that.

Em

My sister bought a section of natural sugar cane at a specialty grocery store. I expected to take a bite out of it and it would be crunchy and taste like sugar cubes...it was gross.

Sugar Girlie

When at the Fair one time, my husband asked our daughter, age five, if she would like an elephant ear. (A large fried pastry, sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon). She was quite upset about the idea of eating an elephant's ear and now at age 21 still isn't crazy about them.

Anon

When I was about 12ish, I was looking at the tapioca pudding in the grocery store and I asked my mother what the little round beads were. She seriously replied 'fish eyes.' I had never had tapioca pudding, and even though I knew she was kidding, I can't bear to try it. I'm 26.

Stormy

When i was around 5 i used to eat tuna sandwitches but i wouldnt eat fish. when i found out tuna WAS fish i stopped eating it all together. i still dont eat fish. but i miss tuna sandwitches even though the thought of eating it is absolutley repulsive.

Jessica