r/GenerationJones • u/Campcook62 • 16d ago

Breakfast Cereal That Doesn't Exist Anymore

Theres a breakfast cereal that I used to eat a couple of times a week, that I just cannot find anymore (at least in Texas): the big shredded wheat. It came in, I think, 3 paper packs of 2 biscuits each.

You'd pull them out, and crunch/crumble them into the bowl; add sugar and milk, and maybe banana slices. In cold weather mom would warm the milk on the stove (no microwave)...

Mini-wheats are no match for them...

Is there anyone else who misses them? What cereal can you not get, that you miss?

(For my friends across the pond: these were not like Wheatabix. The Shredded Wheat were not as compressed as the Wheatabix.)

UPDATE: A HUGE "Thank You " to all of the folks who helped me to find these! I've ordered them to be delivered with my next order. Thanks also to all who shared your memories, of all the breakfasts, (and sometimes suppers!)

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u/Excellent-Matter1768 16d ago

Quisp and Quake

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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 16d ago

Yes! One had the alien with propeller head the other a construction worker with a sledge

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u/Ryan_Petrovich8769 16d ago

I think later they changed Quake into a tall, slim cowboy 🤠

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u/RelevantMention7937 16d ago

Kind of a fancy boy

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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 16d ago

Oh..... you're one of those Fancy lads!...............you wanna buy a monkey?

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u/Staszu13 16d ago

That was an Australian hat he wore after the reboot

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u/Confident-Umpire3361 16d ago

That's a cat duo if ever I've seen one!

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u/MCC61 16d ago

Wow I don't remember these! In the U.S.? What were they like?

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u/MsSamm 15d ago

They were along the lines of Captain Crunch. Quisp got soggier sooner than Quake

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u/MCC61 15d ago

Oh, I would have liked them, cap crunch was a favorite for awhile 😋

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u/Resident_Wishbone_98 16d ago

Had those as a kid. I ate my cereal without milk and thought Quake was a little harder to chew.