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Topic: a great cookie recipe
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halicat unregistered Posts: 2167 From: USA Registered: JUN 2004
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posted 12-06-2005 05:23 PM
a friend in Nova Scotia sent this to me.... News regarding bad service really travels !!RECIPE BELOW....Please read the story first !!! 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 [wder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hrshey 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.
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pumpkin Prowler Junkie Posts: 7907 From: Las Cruces, NM, USA Registered: DEC 2001
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posted 12-06-2005 05:34 PM
Will do.This message has been edited by pumpkin on 12-06-2005 at 05:34 PM
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Bcoffman Gray Ghost Prowler Junkie Posts: 2418 From: Marshall,Mo.65340 Registered: DEC 2002
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posted 12-06-2005 05:51 PM
Done (Well, I got suckered again. Guess I'll never learn.)This message has been edited by Bcoffman Gray Ghost on 12-07-2005 at 08:17 AM
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GRROWL Prowler Junkie Posts: 2404 From: Herndon, VA Registered: FEB 2002
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posted 12-06-2005 06:01 PM
http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/cookie.asp
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halicat unregistered Posts: 2404 From: Herndon, VA Registered: FEB 2002
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posted 12-06-2005 06:24 PM
soooooo.... the cookie story was made with bull hooey....lol the truth is out there and Grrowl found it... sounds like a yummy recipe..
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wuzzzer Prowler Junkie Posts: 466 From: St. Cloud MN Registered: JUN 2002
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posted 12-06-2005 08:47 PM
Wow, that tall tale was being passed around YEARS before the internet was even a glimpse in Al Gore's eye! This message has been edited by wuzzzer on 12-06-2005 at 08:47 PM
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ed monahan Prowler Junkie Posts: 33595 From: Cincinnati, OH Registered: JUL 2000
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posted 12-06-2005 09:07 PM
Wuzzer, now that is funny and a great point. Grrowl, I hate it when you louse up a good story with the facts. lol
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GRROWL Prowler Junkie Posts: 2404 From: Herndon, VA Registered: FEB 2002
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posted 12-06-2005 11:02 PM
From the Neiman Marcus website: http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/service/nm_cookie_recipe.jhtml
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