Coddling
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In cooking, to coddle food is to heat it in water kept just below the boiling point. The term comes from the English verb to coddle, meaning to treat gently or pamper.
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The eggs added to a Caesar salad should ideally be coddled. However, if coddled eggs are not fully cooked it may present a Salmonella risk.[citation needed]
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