From: Marcella Dawson <dawsonm@tenet.edu>
Subject: Re: Merry Christmas!
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 20:48:20 -0600 (CST)
This message comes around about once every four months. It's like a cyber MTA (kingston Trio vintage). I received it two weeks ago along with the good times virus notice. It is a hoax and the recipe gets altered every time I see it. Why doesn't somebody think of something really creative to do to the recipe -- something that would be funny only to LFMers. I can't think right now or I would do it. Marcella Dawson Marcella Dawson, Science Department St. Anne School 2120 Westheimer Houston, TX 77098 (713)526-3279 On Sat, 7 Dec 1996 bweimann@exit109.com wrote: > Hello all discuss group members, > I hate to be a wet blanket, however.................................... > This is really OLD stuff!!! I went through this whole Neiman-Marcus cookie > recipe thing a couple years ago. Same message, probably verbatim. Sure > sounds identical, but it's been a couple years. It proved to be a hoax at > that time. In my ignorance of this fact, I gave the recipe to a good friend > who bakes a great deal and the cookies were a disaster, hard as rocks etc. > We were perplexed since she is a really good baker, usually,<BG> Later, I > ran across other electronic info re: this N-M recipe story, saying that the > whole story was a hoax/joke whatever, and we decided that was why the recipe > hadn't worked. > By all means try the recipe, perhaps it's different now, however, be > forewarned that this is NOT a new story at all. Good luck if you try the > recipe. If it works now and is good, let me know and I'll tell my poor > friend who had to throw it all out when she tried it. She might like to try > it again if there have been significant changes in the recipe. > Barb in NJ > > At 12:52 PM 12/6/96 -0800, you wrote: > >Dear Friends & Family, > > > >Thought you'd get a kick out of this story. Happy Happy, Merry Merry. > > > >From > >Gayle, Paul & Anna > >Remisch > > > > ******************************************** > > > >Date: Tue, 03 Dec 96 17:37:09 PST > >From: Patch Computers Ltd. > >To: '* Patch Computers Ltd. - Calgary *' > >Subject: FW: A True Story (plus a great recipe) > > > >Subject: FW: A True Story (plus a great recipe) > > > >Date: Thursday, November 07, 1996 7:30AM > > > > This is a true story that was forwarded to me. Read it and learn. > > Bake the cookies and enjoy them and then forward this to all you > >know! > > > > 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 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." Well, I said, > > would you let me buy the recipe? With a cute smile, she said, > >"Yes." > > I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two fifty, it's a great > > deal!" 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." 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. Nieman-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 > > statutes 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, we don't > > give a crap, 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 possibly think of. I paid $250 dollars for this... I don't > > want Nieman-Marcus to *ever* get another penny off of this > >recipe.... > > > > (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 > > 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.. Ride > > free, citizen!! > > > > > >