MQuantum
Sep 23, 2003, 09:14 PM
Got an E-mail, very interesting! For you cookie lovers out there, eat up! Spread to your friends, too!
Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe
A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a very
expensive store; i.e., they sell your typical $8.00 T-shirt for $50.00.
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
18 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 into 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!
Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe
A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a very
expensive store; i.e., they sell your typical $8.00 T-shirt for $50.00.
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
18 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 into 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!