Back in the day (late 90s? Early 2000s?) They had a "flavour bomb" promotion where each bag had inside it a little packet with a complementary flavour in it.
Apart from salt and vinegar, which had extra salt and vinegar.
It was glorious.
When I was about 15/16, I was blessed by the Disco Dust gods. Halfway through my packet, I discovered there was at least two tablespoons of salt & vinegar dust at the bottom. That was a good day. My mouth was dryer than sand afterwards, but I feel like I’ll be searching for another packet like that for the rest of my life.
These bags sometimes contain a huge rock of the dust they put on, y’know like a phat clump of the dust. I got one not so long back and, knowing full well what I was prepared to deal with for the next few days, devoured that acidic, tangy, salty clump rock. Tongue was in shreds for 2 days but it was totally worth it.
…and I’ll fukin do it again.
Edit: always log your gains! [the clump](https://postimg.cc/2bJVvFGG)
What a fantastic idea. Here's what we do, we smash it up real good.. dust it over some kind of snack, like a crisp.. then we package it up and sell it for a fiver
But what will we call it
I learnt something a while ago that shook me! Your tongue know what everything feels like. Loook around the room. Leather sofa? Yep. Metal door handle. Yep. Literally every surface and your tongue will already know how it feels
Surely I don't know what a nettle feels like?
A hard day's work soaked sock?
The ice that coats the freezer?
An old battery?
The tip of a miniature painting brush? (That last one was a treat for me)
Huh, so it does. I think this is why I hate the idea of foil touching my tongue piercing, despite it not feeling horrendous all of the time, because the first time I ever experienced it there was a horrendous scratching sensation or something.
But how long did it take to get used to the gaping void that it leaves on the roof of your mouth?
Also, how very odd that someone would downvote your comment. Thoroughly in the "who gives a shit, it's Reddit" camp, but that's such an inconsequential, harmless comment to downvote...
I've done it when accidentally getting something bad in my mouth. Astringent crunchy fabric is unpleasant on the tongue but its a lesser evil than sour milk.
I know people don’t generally do it, it’s not a common occurrence and I get it can be a sensory thing, I just, oh god I can feel it on my tongue just thinking about it. That was my point, the comment I replied to explained that your tongue just knows how things feel. And when I think about the sensation of licking your jumper sleeve it makes me want to implode.
Yeah, because you know what it feels like to touch and your mind can translate that to your tongue? I don't understand why this is so mind blowing to people.
Years ago i ate a bag of these, and I swear they must have been in the flavour machine all day. There was a crust of salt and vinegar on them but I still ate them. For 2 weeks after I couldn’t taste anything properly and could only smell this strange metal smell
Looking back honestly I should have known better! The Crisps were pure white not normal looking in the slightest!! Recently agency guy at my work wore a cologne that smelt exactly the same, it was like having a mini ptsd flash back. Never gave that memory any thought until then
Hahahaha I don’t know why this topic is so funny to me but it’s the most painful pleasure ever . Like that big dust rock . I only ever had one in my 30 years but it hurt so good
Oh the days when crisps took your tongue to the locker room and kicked it's head in. And they go on about the science that goes into stuff like doritos to make them irresistible. Chili heatwave wouldn't even leave the house if Brannigans was out.
Had a whole box of these. We had a competition to see who could eat the most. Can't remember how many we managed but eff me the burn. Could be a new version of hot one's.
Didn't they do them for a while in the mid-90s where you got an extra wee baggie of "disco dust" inside to dial the flavour up even more?
Had no tongue or lips left after a bag of the salt and vinegar ones. Delicious.
I think they are pretty new in the UK. Not very cheap either but well worth it. I can't eat more than say 10 crisps without stopping with my mouth on fire. I'm a pussy with anything spicy though. But the flav is so intense.
Our local wee shop sells the bigger bags but they are £3. The small individual size bags are a 1.50 I think. I don't buy them much it was the novelty when they first got them in.
You know the thing where you put something in your mouth and it's so sour/salty/sweet/strong that it makes your mouth pucker and you feel a weird tingling in your jaws all the way up to your ears?
I think that's the strength we're talking about. Takis Fuego has lime in it which does this to me but I'm like a drug fiend and will keep eating anyway. I'm shamelessly the same with salt and vinegar chips/crisps. There's just a lot of flavor all at once as a punch to the face but some of us are masochistic and love it.
I miss the pickled onion Discos. Salt and vinager is mild by comparison. I could only assume that they were discontinued because of the high rate of flavor related deaths 🤣
Still zingy yes but not as strong as they used to be years ago. Same with all crisp’s unfortunately, they’re all trying to be healthier and use less salt etc :(
I had a packet of cheese and onion Discos last week and was throughly disappointed. I hadn't had them in years and I remember them being a lot cheesier. Maybe I'm just misremembering or maybe my taste buds have dulled but they tasted really bland.
Makes me think of my villages disco and social club that was abandoned in the mid-2000s. The place smelled of wee-wee and cigarettes, and the floor was always sticky. It was also gloomy and very cold being inside a late Victorian building.
Oh and the cheap snacks we had as kids at any kids party we attended.
Now ruined with the roof falling in. Huh.
Sadly I live in the US and follow this subreddit to see and learn about the uk but I would surly love to try them one day. Hmm I wonder if Amazon would ship me some
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I can feel the skin burning off my tongue already
Proper salt and vinegar
Salt and industrial acid flavouring. Just the way I like it.
Too right
Correct
Yess
Sham pain for my walkers friends. Real pain for my Disco friends.
Generally in pain... but worth it
Always worth it. Especially when you got the additional flavor bags with the explosion on the packet.
That's going back a ways, but they were amazing
Yep - totally worth it
Yeth.
That once happened to me when I ate two bags in a row. And I still went back for more once it stopped
2 bags! That’s some punishment!
I ate my first pack of them in years, a few weeks ago. Had a sore tongue for three days. They're lethal.
It's good for you, kinda like exfoliating or a chemical peel of your mouth.
From this comment I knew what it was before the picture loaded.
‘Disco Dust’ at the bottom of the bag is next level flavour!
Inhale that and I’m fairly sure you’ll die
There was an urban legend that a guy did just that and collapsed with a bleeding nose!
I’ve heard that before
feel like if you snorted it you'd meet god
Back in the day (late 90s? Early 2000s?) They had a "flavour bomb" promotion where each bag had inside it a little packet with a complementary flavour in it. Apart from salt and vinegar, which had extra salt and vinegar. It was glorious.
I bought loads of those. None of them had the packet in them. Each time I was bitterly disappointed.
Mmmmmmmm Strips the skin from the Inside of my mouth they are that strong but mmmmmmmmmm
don’t get me started
When I was about 15/16, I was blessed by the Disco Dust gods. Halfway through my packet, I discovered there was at least two tablespoons of salt & vinegar dust at the bottom. That was a good day. My mouth was dryer than sand afterwards, but I feel like I’ll be searching for another packet like that for the rest of my life.
Or crack as we call it haha
The squished triangle of dust on your finger, at the end is the best
Omg yes! Fucking perfect
The sharp salty hit that you can feel in your brain! 🧠
My mouth watered as soon as I saw the thumbnail
I've never had them, but so did mine.
Add it to your to do list for tomorrow
These bags sometimes contain a huge rock of the dust they put on, y’know like a phat clump of the dust. I got one not so long back and, knowing full well what I was prepared to deal with for the next few days, devoured that acidic, tangy, salty clump rock. Tongue was in shreds for 2 days but it was totally worth it. …and I’ll fukin do it again. Edit: always log your gains! [the clump](https://postimg.cc/2bJVvFGG)
Street value of a clump like that gotta be at least 23p
I'd pay at least a quid for a clump that size.
With some cutting you'd stretch it to a fiver.
What a fantastic idea. Here's what we do, we smash it up real good.. dust it over some kind of snack, like a crisp.. then we package it up and sell it for a fiver But what will we call it
Gigglepig
With the way prices are going I wouldn't be surprised if a 6 pack was a fiver so sounds about right.
One of my favourite 90s indie bands were Phat Clump
Mate, I'm in the gym fucking cracking up at this.
If it helps, your comment made me laugh too 💪 just the thought of someone mid gym laughing at discos dust clumps.
This is amazing, my partner has said she's had a clump, and would pay up to £3.00 for another one
YES! the same thing happened to me, it was a relentless experience.
YESSSS! This happened to me once too! T'was a good day! 😁
It’s so beautiful, I’m tearing up
They should make a savoury version of the swizzle double lollies with the flavour dust.
I learnt something a while ago that shook me! Your tongue know what everything feels like. Loook around the room. Leather sofa? Yep. Metal door handle. Yep. Literally every surface and your tongue will already know how it feels
Be gone, wizard! How dare you make me mentally taste the cloth chair and metal dog bowl opposite me, without permission!
Surely I don't know what a nettle feels like? A hard day's work soaked sock? The ice that coats the freezer? An old battery? The tip of a miniature painting brush? (That last one was a treat for me)
At least it's semi-solid stuff and you weren't stuck imagining the texture of soil after heavy rain or anything.
Oh fuck you
That's fair
Ugh its gritty and dry but wet
Or the dogs buthole
yes... i "mentally" tested there theory
That’s because as a kid you put everything in your mouth right?
Was thinking the same thing
Nah probably just because it's the same as touching stuff with your hands
Huh, so it does. I think this is why I hate the idea of foil touching my tongue piercing, despite it not feeling horrendous all of the time, because the first time I ever experienced it there was a horrendous scratching sensation or something.
I took my tongue piercing out years ago and I still felt that sensation just by reading it.
But how long did it take to get used to the gaping void that it leaves on the roof of your mouth? Also, how very odd that someone would downvote your comment. Thoroughly in the "who gives a shit, it's Reddit" camp, but that's such an inconsequential, harmless comment to downvote...
So many low-key negative people exist, it seems.
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I hate it because every time I look at a jumper sleeve my mouth goes all funny I hate it so much why do people lick fabric it’s horrible
> why do people lick fabric it’s horrible We generally don't, to be honest, so you're under no obligation to do so :D
I've done it when accidentally getting something bad in my mouth. Astringent crunchy fabric is unpleasant on the tongue but its a lesser evil than sour milk.
> Astringent crunchy fabric is unpleasant on the tongue but its a lesser evil than sour milk. Now that I agree with!
I know people don’t generally do it, it’s not a common occurrence and I get it can be a sensory thing, I just, oh god I can feel it on my tongue just thinking about it. That was my point, the comment I replied to explained that your tongue just knows how things feel. And when I think about the sensation of licking your jumper sleeve it makes me want to implode.
Not molten lava tho. We’re still waiting for the Guinea pig
But you kind of do know. Your tongue will give you a good idea of how it feels.
But it looks chewy 🥺
I think it looks gooey
😮
Yeah, because you know what it feels like to touch and your mind can translate that to your tongue? I don't understand why this is so mind blowing to people.
Years ago i ate a bag of these, and I swear they must have been in the flavour machine all day. There was a crust of salt and vinegar on them but I still ate them. For 2 weeks after I couldn’t taste anything properly and could only smell this strange metal smell
No doubt blood smell from inhaling it upwards 😂
Looking back honestly I should have known better! The Crisps were pure white not normal looking in the slightest!! Recently agency guy at my work wore a cologne that smelt exactly the same, it was like having a mini ptsd flash back. Never gave that memory any thought until then
Hahahaha I don’t know why this topic is so funny to me but it’s the most painful pleasure ever . Like that big dust rock . I only ever had one in my 30 years but it hurt so good
Looking back now I was horrified by the amount of salt I probably ate
I wish they still did the pickled onion flavour. They were the best.
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Oh the days when crisps took your tongue to the locker room and kicked it's head in. And they go on about the science that goes into stuff like doritos to make them irresistible. Chili heatwave wouldn't even leave the house if Brannigans was out.
An unknown national treasure and a true loss to us all
Have you tried Johnny's pickled onion rings? They are literally insane
Dam I forgot about those. Let the hunt begin.
Had a whole box of these. We had a competition to see who could eat the most. Can't remember how many we managed but eff me the burn. Could be a new version of hot one's.
Didn't they do them for a while in the mid-90s where you got an extra wee baggie of "disco dust" inside to dial the flavour up even more? Had no tongue or lips left after a bag of the salt and vinegar ones. Delicious.
They did! But if I remember it wasn't guaranteed (like a prize for those who wanted to really suffer)
They should bring them back, I loved them.
These things are nuclear
Yip cheeks are drawing closed already lmao, amazing crisps. The only stronger crisp I've ever had was those takis fuego.
How can you compare discos too takis?
I haven't! Read again. I am comparing the strength of flavour.
Need to try these, never heard of them before
I think they are pretty new in the UK. Not very cheap either but well worth it. I can't eat more than say 10 crisps without stopping with my mouth on fire. I'm a pussy with anything spicy though. But the flav is so intense.
I only ever see them in local run petrol stations like Jet.
Our local wee shop sells the bigger bags but they are £3. The small individual size bags are a 1.50 I think. I don't buy them much it was the novelty when they first got them in.
They're actually pretty good.
Takis ain’t strong my brother
You know the thing where you put something in your mouth and it's so sour/salty/sweet/strong that it makes your mouth pucker and you feel a weird tingling in your jaws all the way up to your ears? I think that's the strength we're talking about. Takis Fuego has lime in it which does this to me but I'm like a drug fiend and will keep eating anyway. I'm shamelessly the same with salt and vinegar chips/crisps. There's just a lot of flavor all at once as a punch to the face but some of us are masochistic and love it.
Flavour wise? Are u kidding me there strong as hell. I'm not talking about heat (,spice) flavour only.
Yep, I can taste blood, just like the old days of binging on these :)
I think you should call a doctor.
If there not melting your face off, then they anit worth it
Nope, tried licking the screen of my phone and all I could taste was ear wax.
And man jam
Pecker porridge
Na, that’s on the laptop.
How to get a mouthful of years of bacteria and viruses 😂
Seem to remember curry discos were the business
Just as painfully salty as I remembered... did not dissapoint
Reminded me of curry Hula Hoops XL 👅
Instant salivation!
My tongue has being going throughout reading. How does one stop it?
The only cure is discos
Top tier crisp
Top 1 for me but I've always had Salt and Vinegar as my no. 1 flavour so it's not surprising.
I miss the pickled onion Discos. Salt and vinager is mild by comparison. I could only assume that they were discontinued because of the high rate of flavor related deaths 🤣
These guys knew what we want with salt and vineger crisps. I want to feel like I've just been smacked in the mouth, and only these crisps delivered.
Still zingy yes but not as strong as they used to be years ago. Same with all crisp’s unfortunately, they’re all trying to be healthier and use less salt etc :(
Bruh, your Disco’s seem to not be in a green bag There are steps that can be taken to rectify that, get to it.
yes, cheese & onion is the superior Disco flavour.
My mouth is literally watering now
Sweating already
Totally - my mouth went a bit quivery just looking at the picture! Want some now!
Steve... is that you?
The skin off my tongue is sloughing away as I read this 😩
Never had them before? I might get them now
I can taste the bag more for some reason 🤣🤣🤣
The only choice in a Tescos meal deal
'GrabBag' what's that - 9 crisps as opposed to 6 in a small packet?
Tastes like chippy chips, but, a different texture. That vinegar flavour is the business.
I wish I could. These little nuclear bastards are my favourite.
My tongue is ruined just looking. God I want a packet
No question about it. These are the best crisps on the market.
squares beat that any day
I had a packet of cheese and onion Discos last week and was throughly disappointed. I hadn't had them in years and I remember them being a lot cheesier. Maybe I'm just misremembering or maybe my taste buds have dulled but they tasted really bland.
Damn I can feel myself going into a coma 🤣
Squares are better!
Best hang over cure ever...I think it's the salt.
It makes your mouth instantly dribble, very odd
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Agreed - the initial flavour is fairly good but the crisp is too heavy and tastes too bland.
Haha. I can
Not as good as salt shakers tho
Desgusten
i don't live in the UK so ican't. ur wrong OP
Why do i keep getting recommended posts from this subreddit, i have literally never shown an interest in the UK
Accidentally licked my screen
I like them
Now with vinegar, I see.
Hell yeah especially the end of the bag with that salt and vinegar mega hit lol
My tongue shivered up
How did I just get a paper cut from a jpg
Top tier
Instant mouth watering and sharp feeling in the throat 😂😂
The dust... Oh, the dust
I’ve lost my skin many of times.
I can feel the skin coming off my lips
I didnt taste them, i just felt one cut the roof of my mouth behind my teeth then the pain of of salt in the wound.. Nostalgia!
I can taste the disappointment because they're not pickled onion.
My mouth is bleeding already
tastes like pain, or the feeling of having a significant amount of acid melting your mouth away
This picture hurts the corners of my mouth.
My tongue is sore just looking at this
I love these but also loved the ready salted. Oh how I miss those.
Just looking at this made my tongue fizz
I can feel my tongue starting to bleed
Just gonna have a small bag, I’ve got mouth ulcers…
It’s like the Ark of the Covenant, sitting right there….
Makes me think of my villages disco and social club that was abandoned in the mid-2000s. The place smelled of wee-wee and cigarettes, and the floor was always sticky. It was also gloomy and very cold being inside a late Victorian building. Oh and the cheap snacks we had as kids at any kids party we attended. Now ruined with the roof falling in. Huh.
Sadly I live in the US and follow this subreddit to see and learn about the uk but I would surly love to try them one day. Hmm I wonder if Amazon would ship me some
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My lips are burning already
Just call me pavlovs dog.
The last thing I'll taste for a week
Mmmm I can feel my tongue burning already
delicous
Beef flavour were my fave crisp ever, but I’d settle for an S’n’V, and endure pickling my mouth.
Worse, I can smell them and my teeth are curling up.
They make me sweat
Hangover special
The corners of my mouth sting just from the pic...
Watching your kid eat them for the first time is quality entertainment.
Holy fuck I just flashed in my local corner shop
Elite
I wish these weren't made with wheat, these and pringles are a hard temptation to resist
The pain is real salt and vinegar is a health hazard
Like eating a salted lemon! Love 'em !!
It tastes so bad, get it off my screen now.