[159] in Humor
Cookies !!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carlos Covarrubias)
Fri Apr 1 12:21:23 1994
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From: "Phil Churchill" <pjc@ssl.umd.edu>
Subject: FWD>Neiman Marcus & Cookies
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I just couldn't resist, especially since there is absolutely no "chain-letter"
connotation to it! Looks just like the famous "Mrs Fields" recipie that I've
seen repeatedly over the last couple of years, but the story is too good to
chance passing it up.
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> Great Cookie Recipe Boondoggle
> My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
> Dallas & decided to have a small dessert. Because our family 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 they said with
> a small frown, "I'm afraid not." Well, I said, would you let me buy the
> recipe? With a cute smile, she said, "Yes." I asked how much, and she
> responded, "Two fifty." I said with approval, just add it to my tab.
>
> Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement from Neiman-Marcus and
> it 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." Boy, was I upset!!
>
> I called Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said it
> was "two fifty," and I did not realize she meant $250.00 for a cookie
> recipe. I asked them to take back the recipe and reduce my bill and they
> said they were sorry, but because all the recipes were this expensive so
> not just everyone could duplicate any of our bakery recipes....the bill
> would stand. I waited, thinking of how I could get even or even try and
> get any of my money back. I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250.00
> and now I'm going to have $250.00 worth of fun." I told her that I was
> going to see to it that every cookie lover will have a $250.00 cookie
> recipe from Neiman-Marcus for nothing. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't
> do this." I said, "I'm sorry but this is the only way I feel I could get
> even," and I will.
>
> So, here it is, and please pass it to someone else or run a few
> copies....I paid for it; now you can have it for free. (Recipe may be
> halved.):
>
> 2 cups butter 4 cups flower
> 2 tsp. soda 2 cups sugar
> 5 cups blended oatmeal** 24 oz. chocolate chips
> 2 cups brown sugar 1 tsp. salt
> 1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated) 4 eggs
> 2 tsp. baking powder 3 cups chopped nuts
> 2 tsp. vanilla (your choice)
>
> 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.
> ** measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
> Have fun!!! This is not a joke --- this is a true story..
> That's it. Please, pass it
> along to everyone you know, single
> people, mailing lists, etc.....
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