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As a verb, '''Coddling''' means to pamper or over-protect. To treat with extreme care or kindness |
As a verb, '''Coddling''' means to pamper or over-protect. To treat with extreme care or kindness |
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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}} |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 12:33, 22 August 2010
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