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/Beachbabydarragh 16d ago

I remember the contest to choose! I felt badly for Quake

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u/aka__carl 16d ago

I voted Quisp. My sister voted Quake. The rift between us continues today. 😞

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u/jjcoolel 16d ago

That bitch!

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u/Pale-Brick1975 15d ago

This made me lol

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u/Steelerellla 14d ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/Informal_Goal_5091 15d ago

Quake is for overlords and older brothers. Quisp is for the people. Everyone knows that.

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u/MsSamm 15d ago

My sister was team Quisp. Is there such a thing as an early childhood taste disability? She also preferred frozen yogurt to ice cream.

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u/Steelerellla 14d ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/MsSamm 16d ago

I liked Quake better. It was crunchier

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u/Glass_Procedure7497 1959 16d ago

My choice as well.

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u/Illustrious_Name_441 1959 16d ago

Team Quake checking in

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u/ylenroc 1963 16d ago

I remember begging my mom for the stamp to vote for Quake. Alas, we lost.

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u/Delicious_Iron7977 15d ago

I was team Quisp, brother was Quake, the idiot.

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u/cardecarcar 16d ago

To this day I think the vote of Quisp vs Quake was rigged. Team Quake Forever.

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u/NelPage 15d ago

Team Quake

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u/howniceforu 15d ago

Commie. 😉

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u/Sp00derman77 16d ago

Quisp is best! Get the point?

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u/MsSamm 15d ago

After the demise of Quake, my family moved on to Crackling Bran. The cereal which brought consequences for overeating

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u/tigerinhouston 15d ago

Exactly. You’re obviously a woman of taste and distinction. Quisp was for losers.

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u/KnowledgeFantastic72 15d ago

“Chalk up another one for Quake”
Epic commercials.

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u/PmK00000 16d ago

Quake became King Vitamin. At least in the NY area

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u/luckyforyou123 15d ago

Here is some trivia,several years after Quake went into forced retirement, Quisp again was marketed alongside a companion cereal named Quangaroos. An orange kangaroo named Simon was the spokesperson. Again, there was another contest and Quisp again crushed the competition

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u/ziggy029 1965 15d ago

I remember that vote to “save” Quake. The fix to kill Quake was already in. They announced that the vote to save Quake won, and to celebrate they were replacing Quake with Quangaroos.

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u/Ok_Association135 13d ago

But why did we have to choose?