RE: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe

2009-07-13 Thread S. Nicole Campbell
awesomely awesome!
I'ma go get the stuff to make that tomorrow. in celebration of my little
monsters(sisters) coming home.
They'll like that.
 

  _  

From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of
Venison88a
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:49 AM
To: talk2
Subject: RE: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe


I bake cookies. Good ones too. Heres what u do. Instead of making little
drops of batter, make the lumps larger and bake one or 2 minutes less.
You'll still have to experiment with this, but they will come out softer,
yet still fully baked.

--- On Sun, 7/12/09, S. Nicole Campbell nicolesep...@gmail.com wrote:




From: S. Nicole Campbell nicolesep...@gmail.com
Subject: RE: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe
To: talk2 talk2@AndreLouis.COM
Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 11:55 PM


Lol glad you said something.
Lol I don't like crunchy cookies.
 
BTW, anyone ever had those  mats cookies Farhan's always talking about? Was
contemplating getting some but I'm afraid to for the same reason that I
mentioned above.
lol.
 

  _  

From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of Doug
Langley
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:00 PM
To: talk2
Subject: Re: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe


I tried that recipe, and if you dont like crunchy cookies dont make it. they
always come out too crunchy for my liking 

On 7/12/2009 4:58 PM, S. Nicole Campbell wrote: 

I saw a snipes article claiming the same thing.
 
But in any case, have some awesome sounding cookies.
 

  _  

From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of
Venison88a
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:11 PM
To: talk2
Subject: Re: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe


Unfortunately, its an urban legend, but the recipe is valid. 


The store is featured in an urban legend involving a supposed recipe for its
popular chocolate chip cookie.[30] In the legend, a woman and her daughter
enjoy a cookie while shopping at Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas, and ask for
the recipe. The waiter informs her there will be a two-fifty charge, which
the woman interprets as a modest $2.50. Upon receiving her VISA statement,
she is shocked to discover she has been charged $250.00 instead. In revenge,
she photocopies the recipe and urges her friends to distribute it for free
to everyone they know so that the store will make no further profit on its
sale. Because the story typically was passed along as a photocopy, it falls
in the legend subcategory of Xeroxlore. 

Folklorists have pointed out three chief holes in the story: 

* Prior to the emergence of the legend, the store did not have a
chocolate chip cookie;[31] 
* A similar story has been around since the 1940s, originally involving
a red velvet cake recipe from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. It wasn't until the
1980s that the story's focus shifted to cookies. The cookie version of the
story originally was attached to Mrs. Fields cookies, causing that company
eventually to post disavowals of the notices at all its stores. 

Although the story is untrue, Neiman Marcus nonetheless published the cookie
recipe to quell rumors. It was perfected in 1995 by Kevin Garvin and is
featured on the company's website for free. It also is in the Neiman Marcus
Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, $45) by Mr. Garvin and John Harrisson.



--- On Sat, 7/11/09, S. Nicole Campbell nicolesep...@gmail.com wrote:




From: S. Nicole Campbell nicolesep...@gmail.com
Subject: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe
To: talk2 talk2@AndreLouis.COM
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 11:23 PM


 

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From: ravenia [mailto:rave...@charter.net] 
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:37 PM
To: Coco; Lorie Allen; prbrow...@charter.net; carmelo ; GF Portable:;
Mario; monique; Sharon Hales; Jenkins, Audrey
Subject: an expensive cookie recipe




   When decent people get screwed over, this is the result!
   
   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.
   
   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

Re: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe

2009-07-13 Thread Jonathan Sewell
yeah it soundsgreat i might have to try this my self one of these days.
  - Original Message - 
  From: S. Nicole Campbell 
  To: talk2 
  Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 12:53 AM
  Subject: RE: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe


  awesomely awesome!
  I'ma go get the stuff to make that tomorrow. in celebration of my little 
monsters(sisters) coming home.
  They'll like that.




--
  From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of 
Venison88a
  Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:49 AM
  To: talk2
  Subject: RE: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe


I bake cookies. Good ones too. Heres what u do. Instead of making 
little drops of batter, make the lumps larger and bake one or 2 minutes less. 
You'll still have to experiment with this, but they will come out softer, yet 
still fully baked.

--- On Sun, 7/12/09, S. Nicole Campbell nicolesep...@gmail.com wrote:


  From: S. Nicole Campbell nicolesep...@gmail.com
  Subject: RE: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe
  To: talk2 talk2@AndreLouis.COM
  Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 11:55 PM


  Lol glad you said something.
  Lol I don't like crunchy cookies.

  BTW, anyone ever had those  mats cookies Farhan's always talking 
about? Was contemplating getting some but I'm afraid to for the same reason 
that I mentioned above.
  lol.




--
  From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf 
Of Doug Langley
  Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:00 PM
  To: talk2
  Subject: Re: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe


  I tried that recipe, and if you dont like crunchy cookies dont make 
it. they always come out too crunchy for my liking 

  On 7/12/2009 4:58 PM, S. Nicole Campbell wrote: 
I saw a snipes article claiming the same thing.

But in any case, have some awesome sounding cookies.





From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On 
Behalf Of Venison88a
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:11 PM
To: talk2
Subject: Re: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe


  Unfortunately, its an urban legend, but the recipe is 
valid. 


  The store is featured in an urban legend involving a supposed 
recipe for its popular chocolate chip cookie.[30] In the legend, a woman and 
her daughter enjoy a cookie while shopping at Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas, 
and ask for the recipe. The waiter informs her there will be a two-fifty 
charge, which the woman interprets as a modest $2.50. Upon receiving her VISA 
statement, she is shocked to discover she has been charged $250.00 instead. In 
revenge, she photocopies the recipe and urges her friends to distribute it for 
free to everyone they know so that the store will make no further profit on its 
sale. Because the story typically was passed along as a photocopy, it falls in 
the legend subcategory of Xeroxlore. 

  Folklorists have pointed out three chief holes in the story: 

  * Prior to the emergence of the legend, the store did not 
have a chocolate chip cookie;[31] 
  * A similar story has been around since the 1940s, 
originally involving a red velvet cake recipe from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. 
It wasn't until the 1980s that the story's focus shifted to cookies. The cookie 
version of the story originally was attached to Mrs. Fields cookies, causing 
that company eventually to post disavowals of the notices at all its stores. 

  Although the story is untrue, Neiman Marcus nonetheless 
published the cookie recipe to quell rumors. It was perfected in 1995 by Kevin 
Garvin and is featured on the company's website for free. It also is in the 
Neiman Marcus Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, $45) by Mr. Garvin and John Harrisson.



  --- On Sat, 7/11/09, S. Nicole Campbell 
nicolesep...@gmail.com wrote:


From: S. Nicole Campbell nicolesep...@gmail.com
Subject: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe
To: talk2 talk2@AndreLouis.COM
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 11:23 PM







From: ravenia [mailto:rave...@charter.net] 
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:37 PM
To: Coco; Lorie Allen; prbrow...@charter.net; carmelo ; GF 
Portable:; Mario; monique; Sharon Hales; Jenkins, Audrey
Subject: an expensive cookie recipe




   When decent people get screwed over, this is the result

Re: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan Sewell
oh man, that's tarrible. and the play on words is so obvious reading the 
e-mail, but just talking to the person, i can see where you would get the 
impression of $2.50. consider it passed along!.
  - Original Message - 
  From: S. Nicole Campbell 
  To: talk2 
  Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:23 PM
  Subject: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe






--
  From: ravenia [mailto:rave...@charter.net] 
  Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:37 PM
  To: Coco; Lorie Allen; prbrow...@charter.net; carmelo ; GF Portable:; Mario; 
monique; Sharon Hales; Jenkins, Audrey
  Subject: an expensive cookie recipe




 When decent people get screwed over, this is the result!
 
 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.
 
 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 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 this lady's $250.00
  worth. Enjoy the cookies, they really are good.


RE: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe

2009-07-12 Thread S. Nicole Campbell
Honestly, I just found it really really funny.
Ii cracked up, even though it was kinda bad.
But snopes says it's not true.
Still funny, though.
 

  _  

From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of
Jonathan Sewell
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:42 PM
To: talk2
Subject: Re: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe


oh man, that's tarrible. and the play on words is so obvious reading the
e-mail, but just talking to the person, i can see where you would get the
impression of $2.50. consider it passed along!.

- Original Message - 
From: S. Nicole  mailto:nicolesep...@gmail.com Campbell 
To: talk2 mailto:talk2@AndreLouis.COM  
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:23 PM
Subject: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe

 

  _  

From: ravenia [mailto:rave...@charter.net] 
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:37 PM
To: Coco; Lorie Allen; prbrow...@charter.net; carmelo ; GF Portable:;
Mario; monique; Sharon Hales; Jenkins, Audrey
Subject: an expensive cookie recipe




   When decent people get screwed over, this is the result!
   
   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.
   
   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 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 this lady's $250.00
worth. Enjoy the cookies, they really are good.




RE: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe

2009-07-12 Thread S. Nicole Campbell
I saw a snipes article claiming the same thing.
 
But in any case, have some awesome sounding cookies.
 

  _  

From: mai...@andrelouis.com [mailto:mai...@andrelouis.com] On Behalf Of
Venison88a
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:11 PM
To: talk2
Subject: Re: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe


Unfortunately, its an urban legend, but the recipe is valid. 


The store is featured in an urban legend involving a supposed recipe for its
popular chocolate chip cookie.[30] In the legend, a woman and her daughter
enjoy a cookie while shopping at Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas, and ask for
the recipe. The waiter informs her there will be a two-fifty charge, which
the woman interprets as a modest $2.50. Upon receiving her VISA statement,
she is shocked to discover she has been charged $250.00 instead. In revenge,
she photocopies the recipe and urges her friends to distribute it for free
to everyone they know so that the store will make no further profit on its
sale. Because the story typically was passed along as a photocopy, it falls
in the legend subcategory of Xeroxlore. 

Folklorists have pointed out three chief holes in the story: 

* Prior to the emergence of the legend, the store did not have a
chocolate chip cookie;[31] 
* A similar story has been around since the 1940s, originally involving
a red velvet cake recipe from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. It wasn't until the
1980s that the story's focus shifted to cookies. The cookie version of the
story originally was attached to Mrs. Fields cookies, causing that company
eventually to post disavowals of the notices at all its stores. 

Although the story is untrue, Neiman Marcus nonetheless published the cookie
recipe to quell rumors. It was perfected in 1995 by Kevin Garvin and is
featured on the company's website for free. It also is in the Neiman Marcus
Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, $45) by Mr. Garvin and John Harrisson.



--- On Sat, 7/11/09, S. Nicole Campbell nicolesep...@gmail.com wrote:




From: S. Nicole Campbell nicolesep...@gmail.com
Subject: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe
To: talk2 talk2@AndreLouis.COM
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 11:23 PM


 

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From: ravenia [mailto:rave...@charter.net] 
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:37 PM
To: Coco; Lorie Allen; prbrow...@charter.net; carmelo ; GF Portable:;
Mario; monique; Sharon Hales; Jenkins, Audrey
Subject: an expensive cookie recipe




   When decent people get screwed over, this is the result!
   
   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.
   
   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

The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe

2009-07-11 Thread S. Nicole Campbell
 

  _  

From: ravenia [mailto:rave...@charter.net] 
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:37 PM
To: Coco; Lorie Allen; prbrow...@charter.net; carmelo ; GF Portable:;
Mario; monique; Sharon Hales; Jenkins, Audrey
Subject: an expensive cookie recipe




   When decent people get screwed over, this is the result!
   
   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.
   
   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 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 this lady's $250.00
worth. Enjoy the cookies, they really are good.