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

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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]}

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