Free Cookies!~! (fwd)
Scott McClain (smcclain@UTS.CC.UTEXAS.EDU)
Tue, 20 Feb 1996 07:23:26 -0600 (CST)
Hola Lasneteros,
>
>Cookies
>courtesy of
>Neiman-Marcus
>
>
>
>This message is sent to you with the hope you will forward it to EVERYONE
> you have ever even seen the e-mail address of. In the spirit of the
> originator, please feel free to post it anywhere and everywhere.
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>
>Okay, everyone!
>
>A true story of justice in the good old U.S. of A.
>
>Thought y'all might enjoy this; if nothing else, it shows internet justice,
>if it can be called that.
>
>My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas &
> decided to have a small dessert. Because our family 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 they said with a small
>frown, "I'm afraid not." Well, I said, would you let me buy the recipe?
> With a cute smile, she said, "Yes." I asked how much, and she responded,
>"Two fifty." 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." Boy, was I upset!! I called
> Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said it was "two
>fifty," and I did not realize she meant $250.00 for a cookie recipe.
>
>I asked them to take back the recipe and reduce my bill and they said they
> were sorry, but because all the recipes were this expensive so not just
>everyone could duplicate any of our bakery recipes.... the bill would stand.
>
>
>I waited, thinking of how I could get even or even try and get any of my
> money back.
>
>I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250.00 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 will have a $250.00 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus for
> nothing. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this." I said, "I'm sorry but
>this is the only way I feel I could get even," and I will.
>
>So, here it is, and please pass it to someone else or run a few copies... I
> paid for it; now you can have it for free.
>
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>
>(Recipe may be halved.):
>
> 2 cups butter 4 cups flower
> 2 tsp. 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 3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
> 2 tsp. vanilla
>
> ** 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..
> That's it. Please, pass it along to everyone you know,
>
>