www.Sworde.com Cookie recipes
Subject: FW: COOKIE RECIPE!

A GREAT STORY...And a delicious recipe!!!!!

THIS IS A TRUE STORY!
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 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 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.

PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN
E-MAIL ADDRESS! THE COOKIES ARE REALLY TERRIFIC!! Even if the people on
your e-mail list don't eat sweets, send it to them and ask them to pass
it on. Let's make sure we get this lady's $250.00 worth. Enjoy the
cookies, they are good



Commentary:
This email forward declares itself to be a "great story". While it may
well be a great story - a tale of an ordinary person striking a
decisive blow against a large and greedy business entity is bound to be
a popular one - it is a story of the fictitious variety. There is
simply no truth at all in this tale. Neiman Marcus does not sell its
cookie recipe for $250 or even $2.50. Neiman Marcus has rather
elegantly debunked this hoax by openly publishing the recipe on its
website, along with the following disclaimer:


An urban myth is a modern folk tale, its origins unknown, its
believability enhanced simply by the frequency with which it is
repeated. Our signature chocolate chip cookie is the subject of one
such myth. If you haven't heard the story, we won't perpetuate it here.
If you have, the recipe below should serve to refute it. Copy it, print
it out, pass it along to friends and family. It's a terrific recipe.
And it's absolutely free.
Very similar tales have been around for many a long year. During the
1920's there was a popular urban legend involving the unintended
purchase of an exorbitantly priced Red Velvet Cake recipe from New
York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Another equally untrue version of the
story targeted the Mrs Fields company during the 1980's. This version
involved a chocolate-chip cookie recipe and was remarkably similar to
the Neiman Marcus story, even down to the $250 price tag.

In fact, the Neiman Marcus cookie hoax is just the latest reworking of
these older stories. The actual recipe included with the email tends to
vary somewhat. Other details and circumstances outlined in the email
may also vary. Whatever the details, this email should not be
forwarded. By all means try the recipe. If the resulting cookies are
good, you might even want to share it with your friends. But, if you do
share the recipe, be sure to leave out the nonsense about Neiman Marcus
charging $250 for it.


Write-up by Brett M.Christensen
www.Sworde.com Cookie Recipes

Alan Moorman wrote:

>
> Not true.

You're replying to either a posting 'bot or a spammer. Or both.

B/

In article >,
Alan Moorman > wrote:
> >You're replying to either a posting 'bot or a spammer. Or both.
> >
> >B/
> Two for the price of one?
>
> Sorry.
>
> Alan

Hi, Alan. Nice to see your name again. Haven't seen you on r.f.cooking
for a long time.

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