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Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Article Posted: Friday December 19th
Article last updated on: Friday December 19th
This is a true story. Please forward when you finish reading! A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a very
expensive shop; i.e. they sell a typical $8.00 t-shirt for $50.00. Let's let them have it!
THIS IS A TRUE STORY
My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
Dallas. Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the
"Neiman-Marcus cookie". It was so excellent that I asked if they would
give me the recipe. The waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid
not, but you can BUY the recipe."
I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two fifty - it's a great
deal!" I agreed to that, and told her to add it to my bill.
Thirty days later, I got my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus charge
was $285.00. I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only spent
$9.95 for two sandwiches and about $20.00 for a scarf. 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 had
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." I explained to the Accounting Department lady the criminal statutes 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. 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 said, OK, you've 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 world with an e-mail account gets a $250 cookie recipe from
Neiman-Marcus... for free. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do that."
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 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 from 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. (Bicarb) 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 Bicarb (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 (180) 375 degrees.
The above quantities makes 112 cookies. PLEASE KEEP THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN
E-MAIL ADDRESS! This is not a joke-it's a true story.
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