Coddling

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Coddled egg

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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