Making cereal

<pedantry>I've got a bee in my bonnet about language. People talk about making meals. That's fine. More often than not, there's some process of making involved in the preparation of a meal, whether it be cutting or cooking. But I'm wondering how far that stretches. The question here is cereal. In a dry cereal or instant oatmeal context, is it possible to accurately say that there's real making involved? Does pouring milk and cereal into a bowl really count as making? Short of activities like making granola from scratch, from the base grain, fruit and nut components, is there really such a thing as making cereal in the home? Are we taking credit for the making work done by unknown others at some cereal factory? The issue extends to tea, instant soup, frozen meals and other such prepared foods. But you get the idea, so I won't elaborate further.</pedantry>