(Verbatim from an email)
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 and I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Café in Dallas
and 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, would
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!
I called Neiman’s Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said
“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 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.”
So, here it is!!!
Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think of. I
paid $250 for this recipe. . .
“Neiman-Marcus Cookie”
(Recipe may be halved)
2 cups butter
2 cups brown sugar
4 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. soda (club soda)
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
5 cups blended oatmeal**
2 tsp. baking powder
24 oz. chocolate chips
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!
