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> >From the Internet, for your reading and eating pleasure...
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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.):
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> > 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.