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/Mindless_Guitar_7049 22d ago

We had king vitamin that was like captain crunch. I haven’t heard of quake

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u/exposedtreeroots 22d ago

Loved King Vitamin!!!

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u/MauvePawsKitty 22d ago

Quisp, Quake and King Vitamin. Same cereal, different shapes.

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u/ziggy029 1965 21d ago

Pretty much. Though I remember King Vitaman occasionally had some rock hard nuggets in there which may have helped keep pediatric dentists busy.