Re: Cookies in YOUR future!

[Gary Ray <RAY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

   >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
   >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
   >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.....
   >



While this message states that the story is true, I have some doubts.  I
believe that this qualifies as a modern or urban legend.  I have heard
several versions of this story including, Ms. Fields Cookies, a spagetti
sauce recipe from The Spagetti Factory and others.  While I haven't checked
to see if it is the same, I think this recipe is the same as one printed in
the book The Baby Train And Other Lusty Urban Legends(Title?), sorry I don't
know the author.
Gary Ray
University Of Utah
Ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx