SC - Niemann-Marcus Cookie Recipe
Elaine Koogler
ekoogler at chesapeake.net
Tue May 30 04:47:27 PDT 2000
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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