[799] in APO News
COOKIES! Enjoy!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (chipdip@MIT.EDU)
Tue Apr 5 14:22:30 1994
From: chipdip@MIT.EDU
To: apo-news@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 94 14:21:43 EDT
From: Ron Decker <rond@lucid.com>
Subject: Cookies...
> 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 flour
> 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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