Does anyone on here coddle eggs for breakfast?

[joebryant]

I did a search for coddled eggs here on BYC, but couldn't find any information. Maybe I searched wrong. Does anyone know of a post that discusses coddling eggs for breakfast?

I was on Ebay, typed "egg", and "Royal Worcester egg coddler" came up.

I've never eaten a "coddled" egg, so I didn't know what it was. Curious, I bid on and won/bought two large/kingsize ones.

Googled for instructions and got just about everything imaginable describing what to do. BTW, Anne wanted no part of these devises, soooooo I had to do the experimenting with lots of eggs and boiling water.

Here's what I have learned that you have to do if you want "coddled eggs" with toast for breakfast:

Fill the pan with water. Put the empty cottler in to be sure that you have the correct depth. The water should come up to 1/4 inch from the top of the porcelain area.
Have the water boiling before putting in the coddler.
Butter the inside of the coddler; add the egg(s); try not to break the yolk.
Put the lid on fairly tight. Do not use the ring to twist with; it's only for lifting.
For a medium runny yolk, boil for ten minutes.
For a soft hard yolk, boil for 15 minutes.

Don't buy a large/kingsize; they're a waste of time and money. If you put in two eggs, in ten minutes, you have two almost raw eggs. In fifteen minutes you have one medium cooked yolk on the bottom and a raw egg on top. In twenty-five minutes, you have a hard boiled egg on the bottom and a soft runny yolk on the top. It's not worth bothering with; cook one egg at a time from ten to fifteen minutes.

So if you want four eggs for breakfast, buy four "small" coddlers, put them all in the same pan of boiling water, and let them boil for ten to fifteen minutes, depending on how everyone wants his/her egg(s).

Does anyone have a single size coddler?
How do you do your eggs?

FYI, the cleanup is a pain in the neck, and it takes so long to make an egg. I doubt that I will ever use these things again.

 

[Imp]

Interesting. Never heard that before.

What I know as a coddled egg is dipping the egg in boiling water for maybe 30 seconds. This is supposed to make them safer to eat raw. If you are using them in some recipe that calls for raw eggs, and will not get cooked. The idea is it cooks/kills any bacteria on the shell of the egg so there is less chance of bacteria getting into the food, and growing.

Imp

I pretty much only eat eggs scrambled hard or basted soft.

 

[breezy]

I drop eggs in the shell in boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes then haul them out. Take a knife and whack the top pf the egg off horizontally then add salt and pepper and use a teaspoon to scoop out the insides. Never used an actual coddler sounds interesting.

 

[joebryant]

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Sounds to me like that would be pretty much the same thing when all is said and done.

 

[joebryant]

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Here's how I do my egg if I'm up, hungry, but Anne's still sleeping.
Line a coffee cup with butter, crack an egg into it, scramble it with a fork, add salt and pepper, and stick in the microwave for one minute. Looks like something from McDonalds... especially if you have a precooked sausage patty and English muffin handy. No muss, no fuss.

 

[rebbetzin]

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I do that too, when I am in a hurry, works great!

 

[tammyd57]

My grandma taught me to make coddled eggs just a bit differently. Boil a pot of water, stir the boiling water quickly in a circular motion, creating a 'whirlpool' in the center, crack your egg and drop in the contents into the center of the whirlpool, keep stirring the water just around the edge (not touching the egg, but making it spin) when it's as done as you want, scoop it out with a slotted spoon, let it drain a bit and put it on toast. Works quickly and no mess. I love eggs cooked that way!

 

[Imp]

I drop eggs in the shell in boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes then haul them out. Take a knife and whack the top pf the egg off horizontally then add salt and pepper and use a teaspoon to scoop out the insides. Never used an actual coddler sounds interesting.

Must be a regional thing. Here that would most likely be called a "soft boiled egg" Specifically a "3 min egg" or "5 min egg"

Line a coffee cup with butter, crack an egg into it, scramble it with a fork, add salt and pepper, and stick in the microwave for one minute. Looks like something from McDonalds... especially if you have a precooked sausage patty and English muffin handy. No muss, no fuss.

Imp's too lazy to boil & peel fresh eggs, so this is my recipe for hard boiled eggs, for salads etc.

My grandma taught me to make coddled eggs just a bit differently. Boil a pot of water, stir the boiling water quickly in a circular motion, creating a 'whirlpool' in the center, crack your egg and drop in the contents into the center of the whirlpool, keep stirring the water just around the edge (not touching the egg, but making it spin) when it's as done as you want, scoop it out with a slotted spoon, let it drain a bit and put it on toast. Works quickly and no mess. I love eggs cooked that way!

That's what I would call a "poached egg" here. And YES so good.

Imp- the incredible edible egg​

 

[Backyard_Chicken_rancher]

I never heard of these before have heard of the coddling but we didn't call it that.
You think that might be why you won them and why they were on Ebay in the first place someone bought them/got as a gift did and said not worth it so I will sell them on Ebay now it is your turn to sell them on ebay

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[joebryant]

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LOL! It's probable that they've all been on Ebay a dozen time each. I'll just stick 'em in the cabinet and let Anne decide what to do with them... Goodwill here they come... probably.