From Papa:
Two Senior Missionaries in Brazil were invited to dinner with a humble family that lived on a small farm outside of São Paulo. They killed one of their chickens for dinner.
As an appetizer, the farmer's wife served boiled chicken feet to the Sister Missionary, since she was the guest of honor. The Elder was served the chicken head for the same reason.
The Missionaries noticed that the plates and silverware didn't look very clean, so the Sister quietly asked the little girl in the family how they wash their dishes. The little girl whispered back, "we always use soap and water."
Greatly relieved, the missionaries had a wonderful home-cooked chicken dinner, served with rice and beans, and a fresh salad from the garden.
The missionaries were so full that they couldn't eat everything on their plates.
The mother of the home asked her daughter to clear the dinner plates to do the dishes. The little girl got up from the table, picked up the Missionaries's plates and went outside.
Just as the missionaries were taking a big bite of their "doce de leite" dessert, they heard the little girl call out "Here Soap! Here Water!"
Soap and Water were the family's two pet dogs!
P.S. This is just a joke we heard. In reality, even the humblest Brazilian families are very clean and conscious of personal hygiene.
That was a wonderful joke...but the serving beaks and feet is something we have found popular everywhere but in Florida!
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