Cookies and Neiman- Marcus
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Cookies and Neiman- Marcus
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! 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." 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 to that, and told her to just add it to my tab. 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. 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. 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." 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. 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!
NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (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
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
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.
PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!!
Even if the people on your e-mail list don't eat sweets send it to them and ask them to pass it on. Let's make sure we get these ladies $250.00 worth. Enjoy the cookies, they are good....
Wow, that is crazy! I would have thought $2.50 also since it is just a recipe. How could you not see the charge when you looked at the bill to tip?
I will pass the recipe on to some friends for sure.
Actually it's not true. Snopes has the scoop. The story has been around for ages and the bad guy has been various companies, including Mrs. Fields.
http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/cookie.asp
Snopes.com
So is Shann not really a board member?
Shann is a member.
I had checked snoops also and thought I included it in when I pasted it one the sight. Sorry for that but it looks like a good recipe anyway. My sil mailed it to me and I forwarded her the snoops page in it. Ginny I have been a member for alittle while I have been on here for over a year.
Shann is right, and I have edited my earlier post in which I incorrectly noted that she is a new member. Apologies.
I think I got this the first time about 5 years ago! LOL Sometimes it's hard to know when something is/is not true when it comes through email.
This actually happened to my Godmother and I have had the recipe for many years. YES she paid $250.00 for it and could not get her money back so she would give it to everyone who didn't have it. They are delicious cookies.
Yep, i've seen this before too.
I make these cookies all the time! THey are EXCELLENT! Its a pain to grate the chocolate, but other than that its easy.
I have this recipe too and have had it for at least 12 years or more. I have made them and they are delicious.
I first saw that recipe as "Copycat Mrs. Field's" when I was still teaching, and I left in 1993. I didn't even have a computer way back then. It's the recipe I always use, and the cookies are fantastic! I no longer grate the chocolate bar, and they're still just as delicious.
I actually thought that it happened to Shannon.
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