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In cooking, tempering refers to the practice of mixing a small amount of a hot ingredient into a cold ingredient before adding all of the cold ingredient to the hot ingredient. The purpose of tempering is to prevent the cold ingredient from curdling or lumping when it is mixed into the hot ingredient. Tempering is commonly used when eggs or egg yolks are being added to a hot mixture.

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