Klarinet Archive - Posting 000641.txt from 1998/02

From: joesmarts@-----.com (Stephen J Frederick)
Subj: Re: good cookie recipe (fwd)
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:16:46 -0500

What is this junk!

P.S. The cookie recipe was good

On Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:41:52 EST JohnnyWalt@-----.com writes:
>>
>>>ABSOLUTELY TRUE
>>>
>>>"My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
>>>Dallas & decided to have a small dessert. Because both of us are
>such
>cookie
>>>lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus Cookie". (EDITORIAL
>>>COMMENT:Neiman's is a VERY EXPENSIVE department store) 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.
>>>
>>>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 her the criminal
>statutes
>>>that 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 ever 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
>>>Neiman-Marcus to ever get another penny off of this recipe....
>>>
>>>(Recipe may be halved):
>>>
>>>2 cups butter,
>>>4 cups flour,
>>>2 tsp. Soda,
>>>2 cupssugar,
>>>5 cups blended oatmeal,
>>>24 oz. chocolatechips,
>>>2 cups brown sugar,
>>>1 tsp. Salt,
>>>1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated),
>>>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.
>>>
>>>Enjoy cooking the most expensive cookie in the world - FREE !! THIS
>IS
>>>TRUE----PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT AND PLEASE SEND THIS TO
>EVERY
>>>PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS.
>>>
>
>

   
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