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> My parents would always tell me that candy was bad for me, but my
> father said that Clark bars were healthy. He was raised in the
> Pittsburgh PA area where Clark bars were made. Of course as a kid how
> could I argue with his logic. Clark bars were just as good if not
> better than Hersey bars. Anyone else have a food "fable" provided by
> your parents?

I was told that sardines were "brain food". I was
given a lot of sardines when I was a kid.

Sardines are no more brain food than any other type
of meat. My parents were just being cheap. And
we travelled a lot in an old VW bus, so some kind
of canned meat was an important source of nutrition.