| Description | THIS IS A TRUE STORY
My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus
Cafe in Dallas, and we decided to have a small dessert. Because
both of us are such cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus
cookie. It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe,
and the waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not, but you can
buy the recipe." Well, I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two
fifty-it's a great deal!" I agreed to that, and told her to just add it
to my tab. Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement, and the
Neiman-Marcus charge was $285.00! I looked again, and I remembered I
had only spent $9.95 for two salads and about $20.00 for a scarf. As
I glanced at the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie Recipe-$250.00."
That was outrageous!
I called Neiman's Accounting Department and told them the waitress
said it was "two fifty," which clearly does not mean "two hundred
and fifty dollars" by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase.
Neiman-Marcus refused to budge. They would not refund my money because,
according to them, "What the waitress told you is not our problem.
You have already seen the recipe. We absolutely will not refund your
money at this point.! " I explained to the Accounting Department lady
the criminal statues which govern fraud in the state of Texas. I
threatened to report them to the Better Business Bureau and the Texas
Attorney General's office for engaging in fraud. I was basically told,
"Do what you want. Don't bother thinking of how you can get even, and
don't bother trying to get any of your money back." I just said, Okay,
you folks got my $250, and now I'm going to have $250 worth of fun."
I told her that I was going to see to it that every cookie lover
in the United States with an e-mail account has a $250 cookie recipe
from Neiman-Marcus...for free. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do
this." I said, "Well, perhaps you should have thought of that before you
ripped me off!" and slammed down the phone.
So here it is! Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you
can possibly think of. I paid $250 for this, and I don't want
Neiman-Marcus to EVER make another penny off of this recipe!
NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES
(Recipe may be halved)
2 cups butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1 - 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
Cream the butter and both sugars.
Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt,
baking powder, and soda.
Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar, and nuts.
Roll in! to balls , and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.
PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW
WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS!
THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!!
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