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Neiman-Marcus Cookie Recipie
> Lyndan, Dave; STEPHEN AND BIBBIANNA THURBER
> Subject: FW: Neiman-Marcus
> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 12:16PM
> THIS IS TRUE----PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT AND PLEASE SEND THIS TO
> EVERY SINGLE PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS... THIS IS
> REALLY TERRIFIC.
>
> My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
> Dallas & 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." Well, I said, could you let
> me buy the recipe? With a cute smile, she said, "Yes." I asked how
> much, and she responded, "only two-fifty, it's a great deal!" I said
> with approval, just add it to my tab.
>
> Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement from Neiman-Marcus
> and it 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's outrageous!!
> called Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said it was
> "two-fifty," which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty dollars"
> by
> any *POSSIBLE* 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 her the criminal statutes which govern fraud in Texas,
> I threatened to refer them to the Better Business Bureau and the State's
> Attorney General for engaging in fraud. I was basically told, "Do
> what you want, we don't care, and we're not refunding your money." I
> said,
> "Okay, you folks got my $250, and now I'm going to have $250.00 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 $250.00 cookie recipe from
> Neiman-Marcus... for free.
> She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this." I said, "Well, you should
> have
> thought of that before you ripped me off and refused to make any
> correction of this error!"
>
> So, here it is!!! Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you
> can possibly think of. I paid $250 dollars for this recipe....
>
> (Recipe may be halved):
>
> 2 cups butter
> 4 cups flour
> 2 tsp. soda (club soda)
> 2 cups sugar
> 5 cups blended oatmeal**
> 24 oz. chocolate chips
> 2 cups brown sugar
> 1 tsp. salt
> 1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
> 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.
>
> Have fun!!! This is *not* a joke --- this is a true story . . .
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