When milk is poured into cereal, what is it? [duplicate]

Is it a broth, a sauce, a beverage, or other? this was a question posed to me and I have clue how to answer this.

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It is none of those. If pushed to provide a word I would call the milk an accompaniment to the cereal, but I don't see any good reason there should be a general word to apply here.

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When milk is poured into cereal What is it?

Yes, the milk in the cereal is a beverage OR a broth OR a sauce.

Is milk a broth?

But wait, can milk be considered a broth? Someone took the time (that they had a lot of on their hands) on Quora to break this answer down nicely. In short, milk, originally a beverage is transformed to a broth once it hits the cereal bowl. In fact, here are a bunch of milk based soup recipes from Yummly.

Is cereal a soup?

Of course cereal isn't a soup, you reassure yourself, cereal isn't hot. And indeed, you may have a point there. No less of an authority than Dictionary.com defines soup as \u201ca liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.\u201d

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