enjoy the cookies are great!!!> Cookie recipe: > >>Perhaps this is a little vindictive but every once in a while I have to > >>smile when a big company is taught a lesson by a thinking citizen. 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. > > THIS IS A TRUE STORY > > My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Café 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 my 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 General's 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! >
leentje schreef:heb ik ooit al eens gepost [VT] recept met een verhaal erbij... Neem ik liever deze! Heb ik tenminste 8 cookies meer!