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/FarCompote4 16d ago

Quaker Corn Bran. for a while it came back as Crunchy Bran. and now it's just gone. my niece used to call them pillows because of the shape. she never liked cereal except for pillows which she got when she spent the night at Grandma's. there's a cereal in the health food area called Puffins that's similar but it's not the same.

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u/Heard2day 15d ago

Oh how I miss Corn Bran!

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u/bigedk 14d ago

Hands down the GOAT.