i want to buy cheeken blests

I have moved into a two bedroom apartment with two non-native English speaking girls. One is from Taiwan, is 30-something, recently engaged, and speaks near-'goodier' English. *wink* Her name is Molly. The second, her roommate Ruth, is from Korea. A very cute 23 yr-old church kid who is here to study English and introduces herself as "Hi, my name is Luth," has quite a bit of trouble comprehending her new-fastpaced-English-speaking-housemate (Me).

I took Ruth to the grocery store last night and discovered that she wanted to purchase chicken breasts. . . between giggles she pats her chest beneath her jacket and says, "I want to buy, uhm, cheeken (pointing to her chest) *giggle*, uhm. . . blests." *giggle, giggle, shy nod* "Chicken breasts?" I inquired to which she replied, *giggle* "Uhm, yes. Cheeken blests." I nearly died laughing in the store. She's so cute. I can already tell that this is going to be an interesting semester.