The Economist are offering free waffles with three flavours, all containing insects as a replacement for traditional meat.
Unsure how long they'll be there, but they're at the Collins St and Spencer St corner wearing their trademark red.
12 week online subscriptions for $15 too - but seriously, this deal is for foodies who are dying to try insect waffles for free!
Maybe I spent too long in a hotel breakfast buffet - but waffles with bacon and maple syrup are delicious!
I dare say the bugs improve these ones too - cutting down some of the sweetness in the sugary sauce. Not quite bacon though.
I'm guessing they meant insect flour instead of flour.
when the flour isn't stored properly and starts hatching weevils and other nasty critters.
This promo might just be a ploy to get rid of some of this type of flour.
Hmm doubt a global publication like the economist is involved with helping a dodgy local flourmill get rid of dodgy stock. The idea of insects as a more sustainable protein source has been written about a lot.. so this stunt is probably for an article the economist is going to write.
Where did they catch the insects?
Probably overseas like most industries ……
May those insects rest in peace
Those insects rest in a piece (of waffle)…
Buzz off.
Thats what i'd say to them if I was offered one!
Ant having any of that mate, too much vitamin Bee
the early bird catches the worm
dont think a worm is an insect?
A mealworm is a larval stage of an insect.
Oh, they got ice cream in London! :(
http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/jul/03/the-…
Didn't know it was Masturbation Month. Maybe it's a UK thing, although it's "popular in Australia".
It's a small price to pay for Spider peace.
They came to my workplace (in Sydney) and we had ice cream. It was really weird!!
Can't complain if you find a fly in your waffle
It's called a bonus.
Deals like this bug me…
These things must be flying off the shelves.
With your nickname, stay clear lest you be accused of cannabilism.
How do you remove the digestive tract of insects?
Is this a riddle?
just eat the whole thing, yum! crickets are like a a nutty treat inside a prawn shell.
A great chance to waffle on later to bored listeners about how you ate insects in Melbourne and South East Asia.
Another BS marketing ploy by entrepreneurs trying to make money out of selling crap hoping it will catch on and be the next sensation.
Gotta love capitalism and the free market. It's ruled by economists and the media overlords and thalt general populous shalt comply!
Why are you here?
I can't imagine there are any bargains to be had under Communism. :/
Lol snap!
I think it's a great idea personally, current methods of agriculture are ecologically unsustainable (although don't get me wrong I love my meat) and we should definitely be moving towards insect consumption for health and environmental reasons. The only thing is for the consumer to be able to get over the "ick" factor and abc trust me mate, there's more money to be made elsewhere
Actually you need to read more. Entomophagy has been proposed as a solution to the looming problem of unsustainable livestock farming, if the whole world wants animal protein. Just search and you'll find reports of investigations like this:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141014-time-to-put-bugs-on…
"Billions more hungry mouths are going to put more strain on the planet’s resources. Can eating creepy crawlies offer a solution? Emily Anthes reports." […]
Yep totally.. the economist magazine is branching out into insect waffles as a side business!
OR
The Economist is planning to publish an article along the lines of other published works… namely:
There isn't enough land and resources to produce livestock to meet the worlds demand for meat without adversely affecting the environment. Insects are a renewable source of protein and other nutrients, and form a part of many traditional diets. They're probably flagging the hypothesis that insects could be a viable alternative. Offering insect waffles to strangers and obviously getting very few interested takers is one way of demonstrating the problem with the hypothesis.
But no.. your take on it is much more realistic and informed… A capitalist magazine of capitalist, economist, media overlords is conspiring to brainwash the populace into eating bugs! What a diabolically clever money-making scheme! TOTALLY!
Whoever invents a device that recalibrates the confidence with which people express their opinions to match their level of intelligence will be a billionaire… (and a Nobel peace prize laureate, probably!)
There are at least 6,000,000 different species of insect. Which are in these?
Bugger.i took the early train to save few dims.
The Economist, lol these are the same people who claimed Craig Wright was the inventor of Bitcoin
Since when have waffles ever contained meat?