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| SSChevyman | Jul 2 2017, 08:14 AM Post #1 |
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| pjedsel | Jul 2 2017, 08:57 AM Post #2 |
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Good stuff! Pretty good cereal.
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| b2young | Jul 2 2017, 09:02 AM Post #3 |
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I remember some breakfasts (in Australia and perhaps also in NZ) where I had Weetabix.....and for a while there was sort of an American version but I can't remember what it was called...it came in rectangular 'blocks' that you were supposed to break up by hand into your bowl, if I remember correctly. The nearest thing I can think of today is Grape Nuts Flakes.....for the texture if not the flavor. Nice Convoy, anyway! |
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| microbuss | Jul 2 2017, 04:10 PM Post #4 |
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oh I knows which one you means *looks it up* Nabisco Shredded Wheat duh Still made too! I prefer the smaller squares like Life Cereal or Chex no never tried this but it has been on the older Matchbox vehicles I think Edited by microbuss, Jul 2 2017, 04:12 PM.
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| b2young | Jul 2 2017, 05:33 PM Post #5 |
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No, not Shredded Wheat.....it was flakes like Weetabix compacted into a brick shape (also like Weetabix), and they got soggy really quickly in milk....and I thought they were the same thing as Weetabix just packaged differently in the USA. What I was thinking of was "Ruskets", which, if I remember correctly, was in "biscuit" form just like Weetabix. While searching for the long-forgotten Ruskets name, I came upon this tidbit: Post cereal just bought Weetabix in April this year. So, Weetabix is apparently widely available in USA stores. I don't remember seeing any in any local markets, but I wasn't specifically looking for it. ![]() And, there was "Ruskets Flakes", uncompressed, more like the Grape Nuts Flakes I adore nowadays. Edited by b2young, Jul 2 2017, 05:38 PM.
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| Mark F. | Jul 2 2017, 07:00 PM Post #6 |
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Nice Weetabix truck!
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| pjedsel | Jul 2 2017, 10:38 PM Post #7 |
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I was going to answer your question Blair but already did - the cereal was Ruskets - very similar to Weetabix in texture and flavor. Someplace I have some little plastic airplanes that came with the cereal - one being lettered for long gone Western Airlines. From '84-'94 lived just south of the Canadian border and we would go to Estevan, SK on a regular basis. The kids liked to buy groceries that they never saw in the US so came home often with Weetabix, Smarties and other Canadian type products.
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| avalanche man | Jul 2 2017, 11:34 PM Post #8 |
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I find it funny that this is the second online conversation invoving weetbix ive seen this week |
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| microbuss | Jul 3 2017, 10:32 AM Post #9 |
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hey pjedsel what were the Smarties? Only Smarties I know of is the candy! |
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| pjedsel | Jul 3 2017, 11:47 AM Post #10 |
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In Canada Smarties are a candy like our M&M's. |
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| pjedsel | Jul 3 2017, 11:59 AM Post #11 |
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Yes, makes me want to make a Canada run (only about 5 hours north of me) for some Weetabix - I can see the response at Canadian customs - probably the same strange look I would get from them when I would go to Estevan to get my Buckley's.
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| Mark F. | Jul 3 2017, 06:30 PM Post #12 |
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| b2young | Jul 4 2017, 11:14 AM Post #13 |
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Ah, the Smarties I remember are the "Rockets".....thanks, Mark! "Western Airlines, the ooonnnnnlyyy way to fly" said the owl riding on top of the tail section..... Edited by b2young, Jul 4 2017, 11:15 AM.
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| Mark F. | Jul 4 2017, 11:59 AM Post #14 |
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| Pegers | Jul 4 2017, 03:21 PM Post #15 |
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all kinds of food products that are new to me. |
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Pretty good cereal.





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