What are coddled eggs?
Coddled eggs are made by very briefly immersing an egg in the shell in boiling water (to cook in water just below boiling point) to slightly cook or coddle them. The best eggs for coddling are the freshest eggs you can find. (If eggs are more than a week old, the whites thin out.) Whites of fresh eggs will gather compactly around the yolk, making a rounder, neater shape.