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On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 11:15:03 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

>On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 2:09:18 PM UTC-5, l not -l wrote:
>> On 2-Mar-2015, Kalmia > wrote:
>>
>> > I cut them in half, stand the flat end on a cutting board, then use a tiny
>> > spoon with which I fill em like an ice cream cone. They are easier to
>> > handle when filling, easier to remove from the baking dish, and at a
>> > potluck, maybe ppl will take fewer and leave some for the next guy.

>>
>> I put the filling in a zip lock bag, snip off one corner. While holding the
>> shell in one hand, I squeeze the filling from the bag into the shell.

>
>These aren't shells- they're tubes. Shells are harder to stuff - hard to hold open, so I rarely use shells.


Easy to fill pasta tubes or shells with a pet feeding syringe... I
have a collection of different types from various Vets:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...eeding+syringe