Fw: Re: [Fwd: Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe]Chiari Sufferers...NCC

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> I don't know how true NM cookie story is, but I DO know for a fact that

> things like that do happen...<GRIN> My Aunt was in New York, staying at

> Waldorf Astoria............tried their Waldorf Cake (which byt he way is

> awesome) and wanted recipe. She asked about it, they said sure here it

> is.......and when she checked out 2 days later there was a added amount to

> her bill for 700.00 for a stupid cake recipe.They never told her price or

> anything....thank god my aunt does have money, but she has passed it thru

> the entire family. Says she wants to get her money's worth LOL

> Vicki

> over 8 wks post op Chiari 2

> 19-20mm Ready to Blow a Gasket!!!

> tattoodlady@...

>

> Expensive cookie recipe

> > >

> > > 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

> > > >cookieLovers,

> > > >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

> > > >buytherecipe. " Well, I asked how much, and she responded, " Only two

> fifty,

> > > >it's a great deal! " I agreed with approval, just add it to my tab I

> told

> > > >her. 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 statues 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, it

> > > >doesn't matter, 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 possible

> > > >think

> > > >of.

> > > >

> > > > I paid $250 for this...I don't want Neiman-Marcus to *ever* get

> > > >another penny off of this recipe....

> > > >

> > > > NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)

> > > > 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

> > > > 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. Have

> fun!!!

> > > >

> > > >This is not a joke --- this is a true story. Ride free, citizens!

> > > >

> > > > PLEASE PASS THIS TO EVERY ONE YOU KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> > > >

> > > > Bob Appleton

> > > > La Donna (LD) Norris

> > > > Administrative Assistant

> > > > Texas Nameplate Co., Inc.

> >

> >

> >

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