> Neiman-Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookies
>
> I love it when the little guy strikes back!
>
> 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.
>
> Let's let them have it! 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 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!
>
> NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES
>
> 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! THIS IS
>
> 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 these ladies $250.00 worth.
>
> Enjoy the cookies, they are good..
>
I have a stainless steel box grater, and I just rubbed the chocolate bar on the side with the largest holes. It was messy, but cleaning up was tasty...
