SC - Niemann-Marcus Cookie Recipe

[Elaine Koogler]

I believe this is one of those urban legends.  I saw this identical story/recipe
some years ago in another context, and was told then that this is not really a
true thing.

Kiri (who still thinks the cookie recipe is good!)

Siegfried Heydrich wrote:

>  THE NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIE
>  The following is a true story of a lady who decided to take
>  revenge against a company that ripped her off.
>  I thought it was a nice way to get even and illustrates the power of
>  people when empowered with the Internet.
>  Enjoy...
>  ~~~~~~~~~Not A Joke~~~~~~~~~~
>  Can you believe? ... 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 but you can
>  buy the recipe."
>  Well, I asked how much, and she responded. "Only two fifty, it's a
>  great deal!" I agreed, just add it to my tab I told her.
>  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 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, it doesn't matter, and we're
>  not refunding your money."
>  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 $25,000.00 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 slammed down
>  the phone on her. So here it is! Please, please, please pass it on to
>  everyone you can possibly think of. I paid $250 for this ... I don't
>  want Neiman-Marcus to *ever* get another penny off of this recipe....
>  ********************************************
>  THE NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIE (Recipe may be halved):
>  2 cups butter
>  4 cups flour
>  2 tsp. baking soda
>  2 cups sugar
>  5 cups blended oatmeal
>  (measure oatmeal and blend into to a fine powder). 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, but we liked pecans best)
>  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. Ride
>  free, citizens!
>  PLEASE PASS THIS TO EVERY ONE YOU KNOW!!!!!!
>
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