Rachel! i didn't realise you'd posted that tip on here, i read it when you posted it elsewhere. it's fabulous. and apparently i'm wrong about the tomatoes thing, so god knows where i've picked that up... anyway, Babybear LOVED her spaghetti bolognese tucked into pasta shells, so thank you. although i confess we didn't cook ours in a cauldron, just a conventional pot i'm afraid. ou cauldron was busy cooking up an elixir of youth for me, but i seem to have got the recipe wrong yet again...