i saw them on a menu when eating out in derbyshire and noone seems to know what they consist of is it a derbyshire thing?
2006-09-04 04:22:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
According to Google Define, coddled eggs are "eggs cooked in simmering water, in their shells or in ramekins, until set."
Well, it seems that you put a fresh egg in a buttered egg coddler (see this link for a pic http://whatscookingamerica.net/Eggs/CoddledEgg.htm ) with spices, then immerse in water until cooked. Or you can just put the egg itself into the water, like a boiled egg. Difference with both is that you coddle an egg just below the water's boiling point.
Yes, kinda like a poached egg, but the eggy flesh never comes in direct contact with the water.
And I don't think it's specifically a Derbyshire foodstuff or even one of England for that matter. I've come across websites from America showing the joys of coddling.
2006-09-04 04:25:04 · answer #1 · answered by Disgruntled Biscuit 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Define Coddled
2016-10-06 08:10:40 · answer #2 · answered by dassler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do - and I'm glad there are some others out there who do. They are like soft boiled eggs, but you crack the egg into a little china pot with a metal screw on lid (a coddling pot) and put that in the pan of boiling water - this way you can check to see if it is properly cooked, and not too soft. I have the pots that used to be my Gran's, they are Royal Worcester and very pretty, she always told me that it was the fussy way to do eggs hence 'coddled' as in 'mollycoddle' - to make a fuss of someone. The naughty thing is that you can put two yolks and not all the white in, great as the yolk is the yummy bit!
2006-09-04 04:38:16 · answer #3 · answered by peggy*moo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're eggs that have been coddled. Don't you have an egg coddler in your kitchen? It's a 2-part metal ball with porcelain holder, immersed in boiling water until the shelled egg in it is cooked (water doesn't touch the egg). At least, mine's like that, a Royal Worcester product now worth a bob or two..
2006-09-04 04:36:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its a posh way of eating eggs, they are take out of the shell put into a porcelain egg shaped container and then boiled, it stops the posh people having to deal with the shell.
2006-09-04 04:32:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are like poached eggs, but cooked in a special "egg coddler". Follow this link to have a look. http://www.presentdayschichester.co.uk/royalworc_coddler.htm
I used to work for Royal Worcester, and nearly bought one on many an occasion, but in the end I never did.....
2006-09-04 04:27:36 · answer #6 · answered by J C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
eggs that are talked baby talk to and kept away from this horrible world ;-) No really I think it's like poaching. They are cooked gently.
2006-09-04 04:29:32 · answer #7 · answered by MamaSunshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coddled egg---- stand egg in boiling water for 10 minutes.
2006-09-05 03:00:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, itz virually a soft boiled (or poached) egg in a cup.
2006-09-04 04:28:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are made more of a fuss over than ordinary eggs...... except perhaps Easter Eggs
2006-09-04 04:29:05 · answer #10 · answered by paul_9_25 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋