Post by Pancake on Jul 5, 2005 12:35:41 GMT -5
jus read this. It's a fantastic story and now
you can bake like Neiman-Marcus, too.
Please read, use and repost:
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 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 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.
you can bake like Neiman-Marcus, too.
Please read, use and repost:
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 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 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.
