Re: Cookies in YOUR future!

[laroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ross M. LaRoe)]

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>This has nothing to do with women being better cookie bakers, I just
>thought we could help get even with at least one "institution"!  Have fun!
>
>Susan Dobscha
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>  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
>2 tsp. vanilla                        (your choice)
>
>  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.
>
>** measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
>
>Have fun!!!  This is not a joke --- this is a true story..
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>  That's it. Please, pass it along to everyone you know, single
>people, mailing lists, etc.....
>