-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur H. Smith <arthurhsmith@compuserve.com>
To: triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 4:44 PM
Subject: cookies
>
>i heard this before but it should be passed along guys i don't afirm any
>truth to the story OK.
>
>My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman Marcus Cafe in
>Dallas
>and 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 and
>told her to add it to my tab.
>
>Thirty days later, I received my Visa statement and the Neiman Marcus
>amount
>was $285. I remembered spending $9.95 for two salads and $20 for a scarf.
>Then I noticed "Cookie Recipe - $250." Outrageous!
>
>I called Neiman accounting dept. and told the waitress said it was "two
>fifty"
>which clearly does not mean "$250." Neiman's refused to budge--no refund.
>According to them "What the waitress told you is not our problem. You have
>seen the recipe. We absolutely will not refund your money."
>
>I explained the criminal statutes which govern fraud in Texas, threatened
>to
>refer them to the Better Business Bureau and the State Attorney General
>Office. I was basically told, "Do what you want, it doesn't matter we're
>not
>refunding your money."
>
>I waited, thinking of how I could get even or even try to get any of my
>money
>back. I 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. They 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 them. So here is the recipe:
>
>Neiman Marcus Cookies (recipe may be halved)
>
>2 cups butter
>4 cups flour
>2 tsp soda
>2 cups sugar
>5 cups blended oatmeal -- blend in a blender to a fine powder
>24 oz chocolate chips
>2 cups brown sugar
>1 tsp salt
>1 8 ounce Hershey Bar -- grated
>4 eggs
>2 tsp baking powder
>2 tsp vanilla
>3 cups chopped nuts -- can be omitted
>
>Cream butter and both sugars Add eggs and vanilla
>Mix dry ingredients together and then add to the wet ingredients
>Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts
>Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet
>Bake 10 minutes at 375 degrees
>Makes 112 cookies
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