# Food myths **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-myths/781225 "2017-03-02T18:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-myths/781225/141 "2019-01-07T04:05:18Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > Note that improperly prepared meat can potentially be toxic. When preparing game like deer, if the bile sac is accidentally punctured, it can contaminate the surrounding meat. Deer do not have gallbladders; neither do horses, rats, llamas, and some other animals. > **[Gallbladder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallbladder)** > > In vertebrates, the gallbladder, also known as the cholecyst, is a small hollow organ where bile is stored and concentrated before it is released into the small intestine. In humans, the pear-shaped gallbladder lies beneath the liver, although the structure and position of the gallbladder can vary significantly among animal species. It receives bile, produced by the liver, via the common hepatic duct, and stores it. The bile is then released via the common bile duct into the duodenum, where ... ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-myths/781225/142 "2019-01-07T17:05:16Z")
Anyone help with this one? On a school ski trip to the Alps when I was 16, we were told (by my teacher, no less) that drinking water with cheese fondue would give us stomach ache - you must drink wine with a fondue. As for the ‘no swimming for an hour after eating’ rule, my mother wouldn’t even let us have a bath. She obviously missed the bit about cramping. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-myths/781225/143 "2019-01-07T17:21:19Z")
Jell-o is made from animal hides. Oh wait, that’s true. _GAG_ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-myths/781225/144 "2019-01-07T17:33:31Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > Jell-o is made from animal hides. > > Oh wait, that’s true. _GAG_ Yes, gelatin has an animal source. Skin, cartilage, bones. Anything with collagen in it. It’s not specifically animal hides, though, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-myths/781225/145 "2019-01-07T17:35:06Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > Anyone help with this one? On a school ski trip to the Alps when I was 16, we were told (by my teacher, no less) that drinking water with cheese fondue would give us stomach ache - you must drink wine with a fondue. I can’t imagine there’s a specific refutation of that, because it’s just such pure bullshit on its face. But, hey, if I were 16, I wouldn’t argue. “Yes, please, more wine!” ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-myths/781225/146 "2019-01-08T00:33:35Z")
[quote=“Azeotrope, post:2, topic:781225”] If you swallow watermelon seeds, a watermelon plant will grow in your stomach./QUOTE] Watermelon? No, Stomach? No. But is a[pea plant growing in a lung](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-10945050&ved=2ahUKEwjTg7749tzfAhUs34MKHTdtDsAQFjAVegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw3cjl4lzkc3r17EHu7RkYIM) close enough? Carrots being good for eyesight was a lie told by the British to conceal radar tech from the Nazi’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-myths/781225.md?page=7)