cookie recipe Neiman Marcus style (fwd)

[Robert Weissman <rob@essential.org>]

This is an intellectual property story.

>>>Here is a little something for all of you read it and have a great time
>>>baking!:
>>>
>>>> A great  example of consumer terrorism
>>>> My daughter and I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
>>>> Dallas and 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 good  that  I  asked if they would give
>>>> me the recipe and the waitress said with a small frown, "I'm
>>>> afraid not."... Well,  I  asked, 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 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. 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 her the
>>>> criminal statues 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 care, 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 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, 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 for this...I don't want Neiman-Marcus to 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
>>>> 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.
>>>> Have fun
>>>> This is not a joke --- this is
>>>> a true story.  Ride free citizens
>>>> THIS  IS TRUE----PLEASE  TAKE  THE
>>>> TIME TO READ IT AND PLEASE SEND
>>>> THIS TO EVERY  SINGLE  PERSON  YOU KNOW
>>>> WHO HAS AN E-MAIL
>>>> ADDRESS....
>>>