FW: Neiman-Marcus cookie recipe

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>Subject: Neiman-Marcus cookie recipe

>Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:08:29 -0500

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>You Will Enjoy IT!

>Kay

>Good Things are Always Happening!

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> Perhaps this is a little vindictive but every once in

> > a while I have to smile when a big company is taught a lesson by a

>thinking citizen. 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!

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> > 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. "

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> > 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. "

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> > 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.

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> > 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.

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> > 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.

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> > 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. "

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> > 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.

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> > 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!

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> > NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES

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> > Note - 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

> > & ! nbsp; 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 soda. Add chocolate

> > chips, Hershey Bar, and nuts. Roll into balls, and place two

> > inches apart on a cookie sheet.

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> > Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.

> > Makes 112 cookies.

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> > PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW

>WHO HAS AN

>E-MAIL ADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!! Have fun!!! This is not a

>joke-it's a

>true story. Ride free, citizens!

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