Take, for example, poached and coddled eggs. Both are relatively soft-cooked eggs (at least compared to something like ...

With all the ways eggs can be prepared, it's easy to get some methods confused — especially poached and coddled eggs. Both styles are cooked with gentle heat, but they're not the same thing.

A bowl of coddled eggs with runny yolks - Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock ...