"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 01:01:07 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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> wrote in message
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>>On Mar 1, 7:02 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> > " wrote:
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>>> >> I would like to make the type of shells that are stuffed with cheese
>>>
>>> >> Any suggestions for where I can find these pasta shells? I am open to
>>> >> dry pasta, cooked pasta, and even stuff shells if it just cheese and
>>> >> light seasoning. No sauce, meat, or veggies.
>>>
>>> >In the absence of shells, would you consider stuffing manicotti (large
>>> >tubes) instead of shells? The idea is the same. Do a Google Image
>>> >search.
>>>
>>> I honestly don't see the point to stuffing pasta without closing it...
>>> I'd much rather pirohy, ravioli, kreplach... if I want open stuffed
>>> pasta then I'm going all the way to a huge honkin' lasagna. I think
>>> stuffed tubes and shells are for folks who can't make up their minds
>>> if they're coming or going... those gotta be *** dishes.
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>>I wouldn't care if they were open or closed, but ravioli seems to have
>>a lot of noodle and not so much cheese.
>>
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>>If you make your own pasta, you can roll it out very thin. Ravioli isn't
>>hard to make. But it is somewhat time consuming if you don't have a pasta
>>machine. I don't. I used to make it from hand all the time in all sorts
>>of
>>shapes. You could probably even fashion some sort of shell yourself. You
>>would have to come up with some way to form the pasta as it dried. I am
>>not
>>sure what to tell you to use. Perhaps some of those plastic Easter Eggs
>>that you fill with candy? You should be able to find them in stores right
>>about now. Make a paper template and cut the pasta in ovals the size that
>>you could drape over the egg. Just don't enclose it fully so you will
>>have
>>an opening for the cheese.
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> It's very easy to make ravioli from wanton wrappers... if you want big
> honkin' plumpers fill spring roll wrappers. I honestly don't see the
> point to stuffed shells unless they're some quirky family tradition
> for certain holidays... if I'm gonna stuff something I'd much rather
> have cheese blintzes. And yoose thought I was gonna say something
> naughty.

Well, I like the stuffed shells and they are easier to do than ravioli.