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==Cooking examples==
==Cooking examples==
The eggs added to a [[Caesar salad]] are coddled.
The eggs added to a [[Caesar salad]] should ideally be coddled. However, [[coddled egg]]s are not fully cooked and may present a [[salmonella]] risk.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}

==See also==
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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.

As a verb, Coddling means to pamper or over-protect. To treat with extreme care or kindness

Cooking examples

The eggs added to a Caesar salad should ideally be coddled. However, coddled eggs are not fully cooked and may present a salmonella risk.[citation needed]

See also