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AIBU to think plain crisps means ready salted at the pub?

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WhatASmashingBlouseYouHaveOn · 02/08/2026 18:07

I asked for plain Crisps at a pub and the barman asked me so what flavour? I said ready Salted. I thought that plain Crisps naturally meant ready Salted, but since I have been told I was "showing my age" by asking in such a way. I'm 45 years old. Really?

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itsgettingweird · 02/08/2026 18:26

Yep plain = ready salted.

Im the same age as you, I am a southerner - and I live where the old Smiths crisps factory use to be 😂

FrankieNeverRelax · 02/08/2026 18:24

Plain means no flavour and the crisps with the least flavour are ready salted bartender was having a moment 😂

Moreholidaysthanjudithchalmers · 02/08/2026 18:23

tartyflette · 02/08/2026 18:20

I don’t think you can get those any more, can you? Ready to be corrected if I’m wrong.
To me, plain crisps definitely means salted but no added flavours.

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AIBU to think plain crisps means ready salted at the pub?
AIBU to think plain crisps means ready salted at the pub?
DonaldWheresMaTweezers · 02/08/2026 18:22

Funnily enough, my husband had exactly the same thing a couple of weeks ago. Asked for 'plain crisps' in the pub - barman didn't know what he meant.

RampantIvy · 02/08/2026 18:21

pimplebum · 02/08/2026 18:13

You must be a soft southerner up north we’d ask for tayto salted

Not in Yorkshire we don't.

I agree with the OP. Plain just means ready salted.

tartyflette · 02/08/2026 18:20

Moreholidaysthanjudithchalmers · 02/08/2026 18:16

Yes I think it’s a bit old fashioned more like what my mum would say. They are called ready salted. Plain are those smiths you add salt to in little blue packet.

I don’t think you can get those any more, can you? Ready to be corrected if I’m wrong.
To me, plain crisps definitely means salted but no added flavours.

intrepidpanda · 02/08/2026 18:20

theneighboureatmysalad · 02/08/2026 18:16

If "plain" does not mean ready salted, what would they mean?

Unseasoned

hairstreak · 02/08/2026 18:20

Plain = ready salted, YANBU at all. It's not an age thing, plenty of little children use that wording, as well as elderly people.

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WhatASmashingBlouseYouHaveOn · 02/08/2026 18:17

Chooseabiscuit · 02/08/2026 18:15

In my 20s, would also think plain is ready salted. Not an age thing.

Good! 😀

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theneighboureatmysalad · 02/08/2026 18:16

If "plain" does not mean ready salted, what would they mean?

Moreholidaysthanjudithchalmers · 02/08/2026 18:16

Yes I think it’s a bit old fashioned more like what my mum would say. They are called ready salted. Plain are those smiths you add salt to in little blue packet.

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WhatASmashingBlouseYouHaveOn · 02/08/2026 18:16

Marmite27 · 02/08/2026 18:14

I’m in Yorkshire and a bag of plain crisps is definitely a packet of ready salted!

Yes, I'm definitely not a southerner, I am from Yorkshire 😂

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Chooseabiscuit · 02/08/2026 18:15

In my 20s, would also think plain is ready salted. Not an age thing.

Marmite27 · 02/08/2026 18:14

I’m in Yorkshire and a bag of plain crisps is definitely a packet of ready salted!

pimplebum · 02/08/2026 18:13

You must be a soft southerner up north we’d ask for tayto salted

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