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Coddling eggs without an egg coddler

I'd never heard of coddling eggs before either. Coddling children, yes, but I don't think they'd fit in any of those pans.

I now have an image of a badger hugging and gently stroking an egg while saying 'aww, there's a cute little eggy-weg!'
 
I'm intrigued! It seems that coddled eggs are different from what people call poached eggs, because they are deliberately cooked slowly/lightly, rather than in an egg poacher, which has metal (or plastic) cups and is in boiling water.

It seems that you coddle eggs in a sort jam pot thing, and it seems that you can coddle more than one at a time. And it says you can add cheese or meat before you cook it!

Seriously - I had never heard of this before.

I am amazed that my parents don't have one somewhere - they seem to have every other kitchen implement/gadget.

Hey, perhaps they do have one, and I thought it was a jam pot! I may have to look again. :)
 
The plastic cups aren't poached eggs though. To poach something it has to be in liquid :mad:

(not mad at you guin... everyone thinks that the pic I posted up there ^ is what you can use to make poached eggs... it doesn't! The eggs don't touch the water so they're not poached!)
 
BiddlyBee said:
The plastic cups aren't poached eggs though. To poach something it has to be in liquid :mad:

(not mad at you guin... everyone thinks that the pic I posted up there ^ is what you can use to make poached eggs... it doesn't! The eggs don't touch the water so they're not poached!)
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I know - that's why I stated that it was what people call poached eggs! :)
 
Thanks to ebay I will soon be losing my coddling virginity with these babies a steal at £6 inc postage:
 

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This is an egg getting poached
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And this is an egg getting coddled:
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Still not used it and think I might have built the while thing up too much.
The coddler is right in front of me and the internet research team are beavering away.
 
I have done my first coddle, I put it in the oven for 8 minutes in a dish with water in it but it was still watery on the bottom. Think I'll try putting it in boing water on the hob next time.
It was very nice though....had some smoked salmon in the bottom :)
My good lady did some hand modelling for me.....
 

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But well done to Ozric for putting the effort in.

Boiling water on the hob for me, plus seasoning, chopped ham or bacon, a little cubed cheese, and a pinch of fresh herbs. Cook it right and there won't be any egg snot but the yolk will still be moist and dippable.
 
Ozric said:
I have done my first coddle, I put it in the oven for 8 minutes in a dish with water in it but it was still watery on the bottom. Think I'll try putting it in boing water on the hob next time.
It was very nice though....had some smoked salmon in the bottom :)
My good lady did some hand modelling for me.....
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Looks like a dippy egg to me!

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/poach-pods/F/product/12116?src=gatop&sq=poaching pods

I poach my eggs in these - not in water - are these coddled?

Any relation to Irish coddle - bacon and sausage stew? :confused:
 
My mum used to make coddled eggs, with strips of bacon, they were lush!!!

I do poached eggs and have wondered about getting a metal ring to keep the egg in a circle, but that is not the same as coddling is it! ?
 
Ceej said:
Looks like a dippy egg to me!

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/poach-pods/F/product/12116?src=gatop&sq=poaching pods

I poach my eggs in these - not in water - are these coddled?

Any relation to Irish coddle - bacon and sausage stew? :confused:
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coddle

c.1600, "boil gently," probably from caudle "warm drink for invalids," from Anglo-Fr. caudel (c.1300), ult. from L. calidium "warm drink," neut. of calidus "hot," from calere "be warm" (see calorie). Verb meaning "treat tenderly" first recorded 1815 (in Jane Austen's "Emma").
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So I guess the irish word could come from the same source? Is it fairly slowly stewed, or meant as a sick person's food (like chicken soup) or something?:confused:
 
quimcunx said:
Is there an appreciable difference between a coddled egg and a poached egg?
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Yes, a poached egg is cooked directly into boilinmg water whilst a coddled egg is cooked in a container which is immersed in boiling water. What most people think of as an egg poacher:

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Is really just a very crude coddler (or pipkin as mentioned in the OP)
 
Shit, did they only have knock-off stuff in there?

If you shop around you're bound to find some genuine Royal Worcester ;)
 
fractionMan said:
so it's a baked egg then?
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No.
A baked egg is baked in the oven.
A coddled egg is coddles in a pan of water on the top of a stove.
But yes they are similar in theme.

I think a coddled egg is between a baked and poached egg.

We have held off testing it yet, having only the one coddler.
Is it wrong that I am quite excited about the second one coming? :oops:
 
You may have ruined the picture but the idea is still good :mad:


...totally see what you mean though!
 
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