4ad-l Mail for 11-05-1995

Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 15:54 -0800 (PST)

From: [email protected]

Subject: The Greatest Cookie in the World

 This may be apocryphal, but if it's true it's great paybk. .
 This message is sent to you with the hope you will forward it to
 EVERYONE you have ever even seen the e-mail address of. In the spirit of
 the originator,please feel free to post it anywhere and everywhere.

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 Okay, everyone....a true story of justice in the good old U.S. of A.
 Thought y'all might enjoy this; if nothing else, it shows internet
 justice, if it can be called that.

 My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe
 in Dallas & decided to have a small dessert.  Because our family 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
 they 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, "Two fifty." 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."  Boy, was I upset!! I called
 Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said it was "two
 fifty," and I did not realize she meant $250.00 for a cookie recipe.

 I asked them to take back the recipe and reduce my bill and they
 said they were sorry, but because all the recipes were this expensive so
 not just everyone could duplicate any of our bakery recipes....the bill
 would stand.

 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 $250.00 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 will have a $250.00 cookie recipe from
 Neiman-Marcus for nothing. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this." I
 said, "I'm sorry but this is the only way I feel I could get even," and I
 will.

 So, here it is, and please pass it to someone else or run a few
 copies....I paid for it; now you can have it for free.

                     (Recipe may be halved.):

       2  cups butter                     4  cups flower
       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              3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
       2  tsp. vanilla

         ** 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..

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        people, mailing lists, etc.....

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