From: Detlef & Susan Johl <djtknotr@ixi.net>
Subject: RE: Merry Christmas! Good News
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 22:51:10 -0700
Dear Everyone, Having run across the cookie message the other day, I decided to print = off a copy and share it with my wife. Seeing it was a cold and dreary = day in Montana, you know one of those that you all may have sometime. = The kind of day that you want to fill the house of the aroma of cookies = baking, well, sure sounded good to us. My wife and I set out to bake the little rascals and enjoy what we = thought would be a gourmet cookie. Needless to say, I had to go to the = store and get some more ingredients. =20 Well to make a long story good, and short, the cookies turned out just = fine. Great, looking good and smelling like they should. Now, today, I read the message that says that this story has been = around for years, and they don't work. Well, they are just as good as = when they first baked. So, go ahead and try the recipe. =20 If your cookies turn out hard, then you didn't follow the directions. = As all things in life we assume too much and are too quick to act, Like = I did, jumping at this cookie recipe. Read the recipe carefully and you = will enjoy yours as much as we are. =20 Thank-you Hoax or not. =20 Detlef ---------- From: bweimann@exit109.com[SMTP:bweimann@exit109.com] Sent: Saturday, December 07, 1996 5:18 AM To: discuss-lfm@quest.arc.nasa.gov Subject: Re: Merry Christmas! Hello all discuss group members,=20 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 = red 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!! > >