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On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 1:02:04 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Mar 2015 12:23:26 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 20:24:05 -0800 (PST),
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Sheldon wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 14:41:16 -0600, Sqwertz >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >On Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:01:54 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >> 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
> >>> >
> >>> >What a waste of time. Mot even enough to fill one shell at a time
> >>> >(biggest one is 1/4cup). Maybe that would work for filling your
> >>> >little pee-pee sized ziti (ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!)
> >>> ><rolling eyes>.
> >>> >
> >>> >Big ziplock (or pastry bag) works much better. Fill half the shell
> >>> >from one end, then fill the other end. No reloading necessary.
> >>>
> >>> Fergot, the dwarf uses his douche bag
> >>
> >>
> >>Yup...the douche bag that went off - ration in _1946_ \\

> >
> > Animal feeding syringes are available in many sizes, live stock
> > farmers use large ones all the time... check at your local Agway.
> > Assorted capacites for the dwarf:
> > http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...k%3Adouche+bag

>
> Give it up, Pussy Katz. It's a lame idea considering Zip Lock bags
> cost less than a nickel and are infinitely easier to fill.
>
> -sw


My little spoon costs even less and washing it I am sure costs less than a ziplock bag.