hmmmm, well i'd never heard that story. and these days i can see companies, and
big shots, trying just about anything to get a hold of the money we don't have,
and they do. But that's sure different, all of this would of corse be knall
and void, if 1 simply used cash.
----- Original Message -----
From: Venison88a
To: talk2
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:10 PM
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 <[email protected]> wrote:
From: S. Nicole Campbell <[email protected]>
Subject: The Talk2 List FW: an expensive cookie recipe
To: "talk2" <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 11:23 PM
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From: ravenia [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:37 PM
To: Coco; Lorie Allen; [email protected]; 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.
