> NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES 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.
>
> Let's let them have it! 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 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 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 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! THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!!
>
> Even if the people on your e-mail list don't eat sweets send it to them and
> ask them to pass it on. Let's make sure we get these ladies $250.00 worth. Enjoy
> the cookies, they are good....
