- This topic has 10 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 16 years, 9 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Ain’t got a clue who these are and don’t really care, but it mentions food so I thought I should post it in here………… 🙄
Please forward when you finish reading!
A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don’t know already, is a VERY expensive shop; i.e. they sell a typical $8.00 t-shirt for $50.00.
THIS IS A TRUE STORYMy daughter and I had just finished lunch at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas .
Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the “Neiman-Marcus cookie”. It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe. The waitress said with a small frown, “I’m afraid not, but you can BUY the recipe.” I asked how much, and she responded; “Only two fifty – it’s a great deal!” I agreed to that, and told her to add it to my bill.Thirty days later, I got my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus charge was $285.00. I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two sandwiches and about $20.00 for a scarf. 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 had 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.”
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.
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 said, OK, you’ve 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 world with an e-mail account gets a $250 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus… for free. She replied, “I wish you wouldn’t do that.” 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 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 from this recipe!NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)
2 (500 ml) cups butter
24 oz. (680 g) chocolate chips
4 (1000 ml) cups flour
2 (500 ml) cups brown sugar
2 tsp. (10 ml) (Bicarb) soda
1 tsp. (5 ml) salt
2 (500 ml) cups sugar
18 oz. (500 g) Hershey Bar (grated). (Cadbury chocolate for Australians &
South Africans)
5 (1250 ml) cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2 tsp. (10 ml) baking powder
2 tsp. (10 ml) vanilla
3 cups (375 ml) chopped nuts ( optional )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 Bicarb (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 (180 à¸nice one badger, but why fabricate such an elaborate story to hide behind………..its ok to be a macho soldier type and still enjoy cooking biscuits! Your men caught up in the fog of war won’t think anything less of their commanding officer munching on a cookie when they turn to you for encouragement!! 😉
i demand a cookie from every batch of 12 made as compensation………and next time some fat ass bitch comes into your shop demanding the receipe that has been passed down through generations of your family, tell her to go screw herself!! 👿
I appear to have stumbled upon one of Badgers home pages:
Camp Camp chef Badger, who owns a Houston catering business, bakes several batches of cookies on oversized trays to satisfy the sweet tooth of all the happy camp campers.NINE YEARS LATER, CAMP CAMP is home for a week in late August each year to 200 to 215 campers who for the most part do get along.
Some first-time Camp-Campers show up terrified and unsure of what to expect.
“You have to be willing to give up your privacy for a week and live in cabins with six other people all sleeping in bunk beds,†he said. “That’s a big deal for some people.â€ÂÂÂ
It’s a co-ed camp, and Badger said especially among gays and lesbians, that may require a willingness to be open.
“I mean, grow up,†he said.
Sometimes, he said, campers go away having had what they consider to be life-changing experiences.
Gay men who have not been around lesbians and lesbians who don’t want to interact with men are among the biggest issues. Badger said he has seen gay men go home in tears because they’ve had to leave their newfound lesbian friends.
In the past eight years, he said, only two campers have gone home before the end of the week.
“One of those left in the middle of the night,†Badger said. “For him, it was a socialization issue.â€ÂÂÂ
He’s had lesbians call excited about the camp only to balk after learning that Camp Camp is a co-ed experience.
For the most part, he said, campers enjoy one another and find lifelong friends at Camp Camp.
For anyone who wanted to go to camp as a child but never had the opportunity, Camp Camp leaves out few of the typical camp activities
Morning opportunities include aerobics, swimming and time for meditation. Campers choose to spend their late mornings and afternoons negotiating an adventure (Assault) course, wall climbing, playing basketball, canoeing and kayaking, creating crafts such as wire baskets, stained glass, pottery and jewelry.
Oh dear Badger…….your secret is out, I know its legal and all, but that dosnt make it right!!!!!!
*edit* Badger, I know I will be punished for this, but please, not the gimp suit this time!
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.