Doing Our Bit

[Emagggie]

A vengeful cookie recipe.........a woman scorned!  I quite like this!

I know how you love to bake.

This is a true story. Please forward when you finish reading!

A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, Is a very expensive shop; i.e. they sell a typical $8.00 t-shirt for 50.00.

My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas.

Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the Neiman-Marcus cookie. It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe.

The waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not, but you can BUY the recipe."
I asked how much, and she responded; "Only two fifty - it's a great deal!"
I agreed to that, and told her to add it to my bill.
Thirty days later, I got my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus charge was $285.00.?
I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two sandwiches and about $20.00 for a scarf.  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 had 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."


I explained to the Accounting Department lady the criminal statutes which govern fraud in the state of Texas and I threatened to report them to the Better Business Bureau and The Texas Attorney
General's office.  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 said, "OK, you've 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 world with an e-mail account gets a $250 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus For free. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do that." 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 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 from this recipe!



NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)
                2 (500 ml) cups butter

>> >       680 g chocolate chips
>> >       4 (1000 ml) cups flour
>> >       2 (500 ml) cups brown sugar
>> >       2 tsp. (10 ml) Bicarb soda
>> >       1 tsp. (5 ml) salt
>> >       2 (500 ml) cups sugar
>> >       500 g Grated Cadbury chocolate
>> >       5 (1250 ml) cups blended oatmeal
>> >       4 eggs
>> >       2 tsp. (10 ml) baking powder
>> >       2 tsp. (10 ml) vanilla
>> >       3 cups (375 ml) chopped nuts ( optional )
>> >
>> >       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 bicarb (soda).
>> >       Add chocolate chips, grated chocolate, and nuts.
>> >       Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
>> >       Bake for 10 minutes at (180 ?C ) 375 degrees.
>> >       The above quantities make 112 cookies.

This is not a joke-it's a true story

[Emagggie]

[supersprout]

Good one emaggie ;)
Do the cookies taste good? ::)

[Emagggie]

Haven't tried them yet Sarah, but I just might  ;D

[Emagggie]

I hasten to add that I'm only passing it on, I'm not 'that woman'.
Should have titled it 'doing our bit and passing it on'. I blame the lateness of the hour. ;D ;D ;D

[supersprout]

I don't have any choclit in the house or I'd have made them by now :'( :'(

[daisymay]

wow - what a con.... well I have duly forwarded it to all my family in America, as requested!

they must be one amazing cookie!

[agapanthus]

It's not true unfortunately. This was sent out middle of last year,
and after a lot of investigation it was declared to be a hoax.

[Emagggie]

Ah, shame. I did wonder who in their right mind would sign a visa slip for that amount knowing they hadn't spent it. :o But I thought the recipe was worth passing on.
Have you been shopping for choclit yet Sarah? I bought some and hid it (or so I thought) but I think the cats and Mollie-the-Collie ate it whilst I was asleep. No-one else seems to know anything about it...............!