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‘What weird things did you eat as a child?’ – 21 utterly bizarre ‘foods’ that only a kid would want

12.

‘When I was very young, 5 or 6 maybe I ate an entire tube of toothpaste. Not often in life you throw up everywhere and it doesn’t smell rancid.’
mrbios

13.

‘This question is bringing back some memories! Let’s start with microwaving a bowl of Galaxy Minstrels, so inside would be either gooey or burnt, depending on how long I’d left it. Lunch was mixing salad cream into Bachelor’s chicken flavour Super noodles, stunning.

I also crunched up Wotsits into dust and then eat them like a dog from a bowl. Thank god this page is anonymous as I sound very mental.’
Iworkinfashionblah

14.

‘Toasted sugarbread. White bread covered with sugar and grilled. I once also lightly grilled marmalade on digestive biscuits. No idea why but it actually worked quite well.’
ASHWOODCITYFAN

15.

‘I’d get home from high school before anyone else and grab the tub of icing sugar, put a tiny amount of water in so it was thick (almost like royal icing) and eat it with a spoon, straight out the bowl.’
Own-Air-1301

16.

‘Dog chocolate drops. Bit greasy.’
Sea-Still5427

17.

‘I used to enjoy drinking the vinegar from the pickled onion jar.’
greshnesh

18.

‘I remember going to my nanas once and dipping chocolate fingers in ketchup.’
C0nnectionTerminat3d

19.

‘Bowl of melted Viennetta. I would put a few slices into a bowl, leave it near the fire and drink it when it was melted. So good but so bizarre.’
rluke09

20.

‘I quite enjoyed licking chicken stock cubes.’
zoltan_g

21.

‘Oh God where to begin. The spiders and webs off my swing set. Floor chewing gum. A4 sheet of paper a day. Salt grit in the winter time. Mud.’
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