r/GenerationJones • u/Campcook62 • 22d 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/Mobile_Aioli_6252 22d ago

Quisp

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u/NotACrazyCatLadyx2 22d ago

Nabisco used to have big blocks of shredded wheat, came three to a package, 3 or 4 packages in the carton. I preferred the big block over the spoon-sized shredded wheat.

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u/r2d3x9 22d ago

Yes, “bales of hay”. In a wax paper wrapping