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  • 56 points kograkthestrong

    I loved hitting the lid back on. Bang bang thud

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    19 points TotallyDissedHomie

    Always the little poof of powder left on the counter for someone else to clean up

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    6 points DarlingStarry

    That sound was basically part of the recipe. If it didn’t go bang bang thud, it wasn’t real Nesquik.

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  • 135 points Porkchopp33

    The metal can always hit better

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    42 points DerpingtonHerpsworth

    The big military grade metal canisters we had in the 80s were great at destroying butter knives.

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    13 points boringtallguy

    I always used a spoon to open them. Needed it to scoop the stuff anyway.

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    1 points DerpingtonHerpsworth

    I started with the butter knives but I got yelled at for bending the tips of a few of them. That's when I made the switch to spoons. But because my parents had cheap, thin silverware, I just ended up bending the necks of a bunch of spoons too lol. At least those could be bent back into shape.

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    3 points SipoteQuixote

    Damn, took me back. I remember some of our spoons had funny lips and realizing why.

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    2 points DarlingStarry

    Right? Those things were basically indestructible. You could drop one off the roof and it’d still open smoother than the new plastic tubs.

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    5 points No-Assistant-8869

    Still metal cans here in Australia :D

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    3 points sillyadam94

    You rich sonovabitch

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    1 points TheAmazingSealo

    We used to have card back in the day but we have metal cans in UK now

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  • 17 points Slight-Agent83483

    That’s not a thing anymore?

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    23 points StasiaPepperr

    It is! They just come in plastic now.

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    12 points No-Assistant-8869

    Depends where you are. They're still metal here in Australia :)

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    3 points LPedraz

    Not in Spain, at least. They use that exact same container from the photo.

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    2 points Ok_Acanthisitta2318

    Just like the women I'm dating through Tin-der.

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  • 14 points DizzyLead

    I’m “Quik (not Nesquik) in rectangular tin” old.

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    7 points boringtallguy

    I too am old enough to have known it as Nestlé Quik

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    2 points CuntWeasel

    I mean it was called Quik here in Canada until around the turn of the century. That's not that old.

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    3 points OldLegWig

    haha, i was gonna say... i'm nostalgic for Quick and prying off that round metal stopper with my fingernails.

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    2 points moonbunnychan

    Saaaaame. I still can't get used to calling it "Nesquick"...and have weirdly fond memories of prying off the little metal lid with the spoon.

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  • 24 points Herzeleid09

    Anyone else take spoonfuls of the Nesquick, dip it in their milk, and then eat it? I would eat so many spoonfuls. Definitely not good for you but tastes great!

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    2 points SupaBloo

    I used to do this with powdered hot chocolate packets. Sometimes dipped in milk, and sometimes I would just eat the powder straight through a small straw.

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    3 points CuntWeasel

    I would sometimes just stuff my face with the powder directly from a spoon. No milk. Core memory unlocked.

    Also I was a fat kid, obviously.

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  • 9 points VintageBoost1

    I grew up on the Nesquik powdered chocolate milk. So much better than that Hershey’s syrup chocolate milk.

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    2 points hello_hola

    Me too, but as an adult you realized it's mostly sugar, that your are drinking. Ignorance was bliss, as a child! 

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  • 8 points klonoaorinos

    Banana nesquik

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    2 points Ok-Fortune-8644

    Love it. Tastes like runtz

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  • 32 points panicked228

    Strawberry Nesquik > Chocolate Nesquik

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    9 points CocaineCowboys_

    Banana Nesquick > Strawberry Nesquick > Chocolate Nesquick.

    I always felt the chocolate was too overpowering.

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    6 points pyrofromtf2real

    Banana exists?

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    2 points justadumbwelder1

    Banana with a hint of chocolate was a drug for me in the early 80s!

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  • 7 points stromm

    I have both strawberry and chocolate in my pantry.

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    1 points Agent_Jay_42

    ....you err; you ever...you know... mixed em together?

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    2 points stromm

    Back in the late 70s. Didn’t taste good.

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  • 11 points Psych0matt

    Nostalgia is calling it by its real name, “Nestle Quik”

    you kids get off my lawn

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    2 points CuntWeasel

    It was always Nesquik in Europe.

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  • 6 points TacoTom84

    Yes! Strawberry quick in tin for the win!

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  • 5 points Cycoviking69

    "You make me sick like Strawberry Quik! Your style is wack, you ain't the mack!" - Everlast (House of Pain)

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    2 points IceCoughy

    I was hoping I wasn't the only one

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  • 3 points CryptidCurious13753

    Yummmmmmers. That was so tasty!

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  • 4 points duckwithhat

    Hell yeah. Always had banana and strawberry on deck. Chocolate for the cousins.

    A large glass of whole milk with a heaping spoonful of this stuff every meal, I wonder why I was a chubby kid?

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  • 4 points BrainFartTheFirst

    I used to mix the strawberry, the chocolate, and the banana. Tasted like a banana split.

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  • 3 points Fat_Krogan

    Banana and strawberry were the BEST!

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  • 3 points Bostonterrierpug

    As a type one diabetic kid in the 80s, sugar-free chocolate quick powder made all my cereal, sweet

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  • 3 points truethatson

    I love it. Doesn’t taste like strawberries. I really don’t know what it tastes like.

    And I don’t care.

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  • 3 points NovelRelationship830

    (In old man voice) Back in MY day it was Nestlé Quik, not this newfangled Nesquik!

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  • 3 points majorminus92

    I just bought some today and realized that my local store has two versions, the American one that comes in a syrup or powder and a Latin American version that still comes in a metal tin.

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  • 3 points EverettSucks

    Awesome, I have some in the cupboard, thanks for the reminder, pretty damned tasty!

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  • 3 points RachelAdams91

    I can taste this through the picture. I would eat this as a powder straight out of the can. It was so delicious!

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  • 3 points Adamymous

    I used to drink the chocolate mix in my milk as a kid, even ate spoonful's straight from the metal can. Then a few years ago at 40, I was walking through the store and decided to get some to add to my coffee. I've been using it ever since

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  • 3 points gratefulredsox

    Strawberry Quick.......take two teaspoons of sugar and put it in milk. It tastes exactly like Strawberry Quick.

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  • 3 points DaftFunky

    This stuff never fully dissolved and I would cry to my mom to buy the syrup instead

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  • 3 points Much-Conference1110

    The ones I had came in the square tins.

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  • 2 points Strude187

    I had a glass of the banana flavour just the other day.

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  • 2 points 99anan99

    Would always have a cup of strawberry milk for breakfast everyday

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  • 2 points Far_Dragonfly_3748

    Banana flavor too! We’d used to mix em together, sooo good

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  • 2 points Background_Yam9524

    This looks delicious.

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  • 2 points FrontFocused

    I know it's not as good as the powder, but every once in a while when I'm feeling fancy, I'll grab the syrup and drink a couple glasses of milk with it and then forget about it for 6 more months.

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  • 2 points Breath_Stranding

    I have this in my cupboard. You can still buy it.

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  • 2 points Felixir-the-Cat

    Ugh, the strawberry flavour was AWFUL. And yet, because it had sugar, I drank it.

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  • 2 points MikeSifoda

    Still around

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  • 2 points Mobile_Aioli_6252

    We had PDQ growing up

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  • 2 points senior_A4

    ...Y sabe a fresa

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  • 2 points Constant_Cultural

    Still drinking it

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  • 2 points IceCoughy

    You make me sick like Strawberry Quik Your style is wack, you ain't the mack

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  • 1 points Hot_Wait_3304

    Nope, nope, nope. When I see threads about "what food can't you eat because it made you sick" I never thought I had an answer and then this monstrosity appears on my feed and all of a sudden unexpected childhood trauma! lol

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  • 1 points AnalogFeelGood

    It's been discontinued since 2006 but I only learned about it like a year ago. I was a the grocery store, and stopped my cart in front of the Nesquik shelf but couldn't find the strawberry powder D:

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  • 1 points 1upjohn

    I used to drink this all the time!

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  • 1 points Budfrog313

    Whenever I get on a chocolate milk kick, maybe 3 times a year, I still use Nesquik powder. Some whole milk. It's almost a meal by itself.

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  • 1 points pyrofromtf2real

    Man, I miss the metal cans. Still hits the same tho.

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  • 1 points Informal_Role965

    Oh yes the good stuff.

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  • 2 points Metalwario64

    Yes strawberry was the best!

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