jong cookie recipie

> Subject: FW: Cookie Recipe
>
>> >> 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 m y 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 Generals 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(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! 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.

Nice. I would have rather seen pictures the waitress's ass getting beaten.

sounds like a good story, but...

http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/cookie.asp

yes, I'm bored

Think I try the recipe though.

Every restaurant I've been too and asked for the recipe for a certain dish they've almost always obliged and told me the recipe without charge. Best one ever was the Three Cheese Beer Pasta from Deschutes Brewery