Last night was interesting. Culinarily speaking…It was just plain weird.
Ava Beans took it upon herself to find her own dinner. She’s a big girl now and we’re trying to let her make more decisions on her own. She found something in the cabinet that caught her eye and we couldn’t convince her that it was not going to be something she wanted. Here’s a video of what happened, but before you view it, I want you to recognize that my 2-year old uses the right adjectives the right places way more than I think she should be able to. Enjoy:
Ava Loves Anchovies from Ryan Detzel on Vimeo.
Shortly after this Anchovy event, our power kept going on and off while I was trying to make dinner. We had a 50+mph windstorm going on and the power just kept flickering…it was highly annoying. I had something warming in the oven and somewhere in the process of power-flickering, the oven decided that it was going to crank on the high broiler without my knowledge.
I have no idea how long it was on…but I smelled it when it was engulfed in flames. The inside of the oven was roaring with fire and I couldn’t open it…that would just feed the flames. So this was the aftermath:
Anyone wish to GUESS THAT MESS?? I’ll reveal the true identity of that black tar later on tonight in the form of a comment.
Bacon.
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bacon.
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yeah…I’ve got to say bacon…All that fat must’ve given you quite a fire-show!
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Robster Craws…or chicken breast fillets in what I’m sure would have been a yummy marinade
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Jumping on the BACON bandwagon.
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Bacon or hot dogs….
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definitely bacon.
And if it makes you feel any better, my husband decided to fry chicken the other day and then got on the phone and forgot about the oil he had left on high. It hit the smoke point and filled the house with awful burnt oil smoke. It’s been a week and it still reeks.
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Giant slugs.
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That’s totally chicken fingers. I could see bacon, too, but I try to avoid bandwagons.
Have fun cleaning the oven.
Ava’s awesome. I can see why the pretty yellow tin might not be congruent with the contents. Poor thing.
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Eva will be forever grateful you have that on video. It should show up in a future wedding video (many many years down the road.)
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The fact that you’re laughing in the background cracks me up…
And I agree with bacon.
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bread sticks
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Anchovies!
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I’m guessing breadsticks?
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That video is priceless! As for the mess? My first thought was bacon too.
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Also going with bacon, although the chicken strip idea did come to mind. What a funny video. I was totally cracking up at the smell it line…Ava had it right though, anchovies ARE disgusting.
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This video brings tears to my eyes every time…I can’t stop laughing when she says the word disgusting. My sweet little Ava Beans.
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I’m going to have to go with bacon.
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mozzarella cheese stcks maybe?
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As Ava said “That’s dith-custing” And not about the anchovies but about the oven mess. Good gracious! I am going to say bacon breadsticks. Is there such a thing?
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fish
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She is so cute! We do the same thing with ours when they have their mind set on something- total learning experience.
Gunna say bacon as I have done something similar. It looks like it was wrapped around something?
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I’m thinking those blobs are hotdogs. I prefer my hotdogs burnt, but I can’t say I like them _that_ well done.
I watched your video with my 17 month old little brother. He said “MMMMMMMMMMM” (his universal word for food that he wants) when he saw you open the anchovies. lol. Ava is a doll
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I’m guessing fish fillets.
And I agree with Ava about the anchovies. We tried them once, and that was enough!
Now, sardines – that’s another story. My kids all love them.:-)
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Whahahahahahahaha!! How cute is she!! What’d she end up eating after all?
Ick, can’t imagine what that stuff was… looks like seaweed-gone-ick
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honestly, not sure what is better, he correctly enunciating disgusting or the pee pee dance she did while singing the ABC’s.
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Fish sticks… going with the fish theme.
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That was truly funny… my girls are like that. Those ARE disgusting
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I was going to guess pork strips, but you said warming… so maybe breadsticks? It looks like they MELTED whatever it was.
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Hot dogs!
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Ok, first of all, who cooks hot dogs in the oven? I don’t think that that’s bacon. I like to think that I know what burnt bacon looks like. Although that would explain the flames. I’m going to guess that that burnt part is cheese. I’m going to guess the rest was some sort of chicken.
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Ava is too cute!! Poor thing. Looks like asparagus? That totally stinks, sorry for your situation, hope you found something else (non-disgusting per Ava) to eat.
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hoooooo hooooooo! Great post!
and whatever that WAS…..
it’s DISGUSTING now! LOL!
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My guess is chicken of some sort. Bacon would be shriveled up much smaller after a fire. At least that’s what I”m thinkin’.
I’m SO glad Ava didn’t try the “little fishies”. I was on edge through the whole clip thinking “Please don’t taste it!”
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I know, I know, they’re rats.
I can tell.
I’m psychic like that.
You don’t even need to tell me I’m right, I can see the bodies and tails very clearly, thank you very much.
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That little darling of yours is too cute.
I would have to guess chicken for the burnt offerings!!
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Looks to be chicken. Drumsticks, I’d say.
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Ava is too cute for words!
As for the charcol I’m guessing spare ribs!
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It looks like bacon to me! I had the same thing happen just the other day. Well, not the part about the power going out, but the burning the bacon in the oven part. Cheers.
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I’d hide my head under the table, too!
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Whatever it is, it looks “disgusting” as Ava would say, although I am sure it did not start out that way
Interested to see what it really is, could you give us a before pic? 
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Looks like chicken to me.
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Ava you are a natural! Little fishies are disgusting! As for the art work from the oven I say it was chicken tenders gone wild!
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I’m going for zuccini or egg plant. It looks like it once was long enough to reach the edges of the pan….man, whatever it was it got incinerated!
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Ava is adorable! I’m so glad she didn’t try the anchovies!
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First thought was ribs. Am leaning towards bacon after closer examination.
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That video is so cute… I say ribs or chicken, something with sauce…
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It has to be bacon.
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Just had to come back today and watch the video again… that is PRICELESS.
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That video… OMG! SOOOOOO funny! My boy will be three in two weeks and he doesn’t talk nearly as good as Ava does. When he says disgusting it’s more like “a-custeen!” Thank you for sharing that little gem with us.
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Ok, I am going with Fish filets. For some reason it just looks like the oblong pieces.
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Smart girl!!! How precious…and she is right, disgusting!
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Ewwww! I could not even watch the whole video! They are disgusting ! I never would have guessed bacon.
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I’m going with bacon too – either that or chicken tenders gone WRONG!
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bacon – and if it isn’t – you should def try cooking bacon in the oven. you’ll never do it on the stovetop again.
and that video – funny funny funny. or disgusting!!
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Bacon for dinner? I think this mess look lumpier; more like fish sticks. That’s a fish that will pass with Ava, won’t it?
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Breadsticks…. with bacon on them! But mostly breadsticks.
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ribs
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Definitely bacon, without a doubt…
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