Eat the Rich - A Cookie Recipe with a Twist

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From the INFJ YahooGroup.

"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. Here's someone who wants
to let them have it!


THIS IS A TRUE STORY

My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-
Marcus Café 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, "D o 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!





(Recipe may be halved)

2 cups butter
4 oz.chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. baking 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 READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO
EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS
AN E-MAIL ADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!!

Comments

[acusa-dora.livejournal.com]

I've seen that recipe in different cookbooks in the Dallas area. My most recent Neiman Marcus moment happened last summer. I went into the new NM at the mall by my house looking for sunglasses. I really liked these great-looking titanium glasses with no screws on the eye piece. In other words the frame was one big piece and there weren't any screws to fall out and get lost. Those glasses were $250. Needless to say, I didn't buy them.