Biscuit Recipe
This is a true story. Please forward when you finish reading!
A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a
very expensive shop; i.e. they sell a 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 lunch at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
Dallas.
Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the
"Neiman-Marcus cookie". It was so excellent that I asked if they would
give me the recipe. The waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid
not, but you can BUY the recipe." I asked how much, and she
responded;
"Only two fifty- it's a great deal!" I agreed to that, and told her
to add it to my bill.
Thirty days later, I got my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus
charge was $285.00. I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only
spent $9.95 for two sandwiches and about $20.00 for a scarf. 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 had
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."
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.
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 said, OK, you've 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 world with an e-mail account gets a $250 cookie recipe
from Neiman-Marcus... for free.
She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do that." 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 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
from 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. (Bicarb) soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated). (Cadbury chocolate for Australians)
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
powder, and Bicarb (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 (180) 375 degrees.
The above quantities make 112 cookies.
PLEASE KEEP THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN
E-MAIL ADDRESS! This is not a joke-it's a true story.
