I actually heard this on sunday night safran on triplej but I heard that these aussie slang words orginated from old christian swear words. I could have the details slightly off but the concept should be correct.

Crikey is a contraction of “Christ Kill Me”

Streuth is a contraction of “God’s Truth”

Bloody is a contraction of “by Our lady” referring the Mary thus “Bloody Mary” cocktail

Blimey is a contraction of “Lord Blind Me”, originally part of the phrase “cor blimey” which was an abbreviation of “may god blind me if it is not so”[1].

Now how could these swear words become so Australian? Cass told me that it is because convicts from England would commonly use these words, which then migrated along with them as they were shipped to Australia for stealing bread and… Saffron.

Reference:
[1]http://english2american.com/dictionary/wholelot.html

I was interested in making some saffron rice recently. I went to the shop to buy some saffron and guess how much it costs!? No, not a million, but about $13-15 per 1g container. The container weighs more than the saffron inside it! I didn’t buy any.

Anyways, I found an indian food supply shop in fortitude valley, its in the arcade between the mall and chinatown.. I can’t remember the name sorry.

Anyways, it was $5 a container there, a much better price. So I bought some.

I had a quick look on wikipedia to see why it’s so expensive and here are some yielding facts:
Wikipedia:
“Only in October (in the Northern Hemisphere) do the plants begin to flower. Harvesting of flowers is by necessity a speedy affair: after their flowering at dawn, flowers quickly wilt as the day passes.^[14] Furthermore, saffron crocuses bloom within a narrow window spanning one or two weeks.^[15] Approximately 150 flowers yield 1 g of dry saffron threads; to produce 12 g of dried saffron (72 g freshly harvested), 1 kg of flowers are needed. On average, one freshly-picked flower yields 0.03 g of fresh saffron, or 0.007 g of dried saffron.^[13]“

Oh, I ditched my rice cooker, I literally got sick from eating the flaking teflon from the worn dish inside. I will get a new one soon, till then its pan cooked.

Dear christianbowman.com

I have had frequent problems in the past of washing my bed sheets only to have them come out of the wash dirtier than when i put them in. When I go to put them on the line, there are lines and marks of dirt and smut that weren’t there when I put them in the wash.

What are they and could you please give me some advice as to how I can get rid of them?

From christian bowman.

Dear Christian

So you’re the one! I’ve always wondered who that person was that read my site. Thank you for writing a letter to yourself, can I also say, thanks for washing your sheets, they’ve been sitting in the garage for days waiting to be washed!

Those marks are a collection of lint and dirt that cannot escape the creases and of your sheets during the rinse cycle, typically because it is spinning too fast and forces them to push into the creases.

The best way to get rid of that problem of the sheets collecting the dirt is to wash the sheets in your machine in “delicates” mode. this will slow down the spin thus allowing the dirt to be washed away and not forced under pressure into creases.

Best wishes and happy washing!

From christianbowman.com