Coddle

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Defiinitions

• 1: to cook (as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point
• 2: to treat with extreme or excessive care or kindness : pamper <accused the court of coddling criminals>

Description

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.