Does anyone on here coddle eggs for breakfast?

[Kim_NC]

Yep, must be regional. When I grew up an egg cooked in softly boiling water was a poached egg. - or they're also steamed over boiling water.

A cottled egg on the other hand (to us) is poached in milk rather than water.

ETA: oh, and we did not use a cup or anything like the eBay purchase.

 

[yotetrapper]

To me, if the egg is cooked 3 minutes in the shell, it's "soft boiled". If it's cooked 3 minutes without it's shell, it's "poached".

Angela <---- who is now craving soft boiled eggs.

 

[WriterofWords]

I love coddled eggs. I had several coddlers from Wales my family sent me and my ex husband broke them out of meanness. Enjoy them!!

 

[joebryant]

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Anne said for me to tell you to send us your address. They're yours. Joe
ETA Anne hates mean husbands. Little does she know...

 

[WriterofWords]

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Anne said for me to tell you to send us your address. They're yours. Joe
ETA Anne hates mean husbands. Little does she know...

Really???? I'll PM you!! You might like them though if you try it a few more times!

 

[silkiechicken]

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Anne said for me to tell you to send us your address. They're yours. Joe
ETA Anne hates mean husbands. Little does she know...

What a nice offer!

Never heard of a coddled egg myself either.

 

[WriterofWords]

Silkie that is NOT a nice offer,,, that is MIND-BOGGLING offer! ETA ( I copied this,, it's a really good, and you are coddling the eggs in the oven with the milk instead of on the stove-top.)
You might like this:

Coddled Eggs with Spinach


Number of servings: 4
Estimated Prep Time: 15 minutes
Estimated Cooking Time: 15 minutes Cooking at: 200 C / Gas Mark 6 / 400 F

Ingredients
1 lb Spinach (frozen)
2 oz Butter
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg (ground)
4 oz Mozzarella Cheese (grated)
4 Eggs
4 tablespoon Cream
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Directions
Grate or slice the cheese; set aside.

Start oven heating.

In a saucepan, gently heat the frozen spinach, butter and nutmeg until the spinach has thawed and there is no liquid left in the pan. (you can speed the process by thawing the spinach ahead of time and draining.)

Divide the spinach between 4 ovenproof ramekins. Divide the mozzarella between the 4 dishes and put over the spinach. Break an egg into each dish, top with 1 tbsp of the cream, and a dash of black pepper.

Cook in the oven until the egg is completely cooked, about 15 minutes.
Comments
If using American style dry mozzarella cheese blocks, grate the cheese. If using Italian style mozzarella cheese in rounds, slice the cheese into 4 slices. You want about 150 grams or about 4 oz of cheese altogether.

You can use milk instead of cream.

You can make these ahead the night before, up until the cooking in oven stage, and just refrigerate over night ready for cooking in the morning.

Use a bit more of spinach and mozzarella, plus 1 more egg and ramekin for each additional serving.

 

[Beekissed]

I use an egg poacher to get the same effect...basically a very soft-boiled egg....but they are neatly steamed in little round cups in the poacher, so no free floating whites that are watered down in a pan of water. We always poach now, as it is quick, clean and the eggs come out perfect every time. No messy cleanup, no greasy eggs, no peeling shells.

This coddler sounds like a less efficient egg poacher to me.

 

[adoptedbyachicken]

Oh, see now I thought I had never heard of coddled eggs, but now that spinach is mentioned....

I do recall my English Granny making eggs in a fry pan with water in it, not deep, cover on, and in some sort of cups that she lined with fresh spinach leaves. That would solve your sticking problems. The eggs were cooked till they and the spinach were done, turned out on toast. Yummy!

I thought of them as steamed eggs as a kid, I don't recall the term Coddled.

 

[Imp]

WoW,

That recipe would be called baked eggs by me. Funny how different things are depending on where you are.

joebryant,
That is very extremely nice of you.

Imp- I grew up at 342 Bryant Street

Named after you perchance?