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This is another legendary urban myth that, much like the rocket car story, used to make the rounds regularly. We don't see it much anymore.
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 08:17:00 PST
To: jsexton
From:
Subject: FW: Got Milk??
My daughter and I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
Dallas and 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." Well, I said, would you let
me buy the recipe? With a cute smile, she said, "Yes." I asked how
much, and she responded, "Only two fifty, it's a great deal!" 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." That's outrageous!!
I called Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said it was
"two-fifty," which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty dollars"
by any *POSSIBLE* interpretation of the phrase. Nieman-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 her the criminal statutes which govern fraud in Texas, I
threatened to refer them to the Better Business Bureau and the State's
Attorney General for engaging in fraud. I was basically told, "Do what
you want, we don't give a crap, and we're not refunding your money."
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, 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 in the United States with an e-mail account has a
$250.00 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus... for free. She replied, "I
wish you wouldn't do this." I said, "Well, you should have thought of
that before you ripped me off, and slammed down the phone on her.
So, here it is!!! Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you can
possibly think of. I paid $250 dollars for this... I don't want
Nieman-Marcus to *ever* get another penny off of this recipe.... (Recipe
may be halved.):
$250 DOLLAR COOKIE RECIPE:
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 (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla
** 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.
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