Neiman Marcus 是美國一家高檔的連鎖百貨公司, 東西不錯, 但價位很高. 有些朋友戲稱其店名為 “Neiman Mark-Ups” (意思是説它們以”高價位”出名). 

The Neiman Marcus Cookie story –

[故事的大意是説, 有對母女到Neiman Marcus 去用餐. 因為很喜好它們的餅乾, 有意買它們的餅乾食譜, 於是詢問店員小姐.  店員小姐回答説”只要two fifty”, 這是日常英文講”兩塊半”的簡稱, 那位母親覺得是合理的價格, 所以跟店員小姐説”就放在我的信用卡上好了”…  三十天後, 當她接到了信用卡帳目, 才知道原來餅乾食譜不是”兩塊半”, 而是”兩百五十塊”…  跟Neinman Marcus 爭議無效後, 那位母親想出了一個”報復的方法” – 用伊媚兒到處公佈Neiman Marcus的餅乾食譜!!]

 註: 這故事其實只是在開Neiman Marcus的玩笑… 在那家百貨公司裡, 東西比一般人想像的價位要高出很多   倍… 對了, 有人照著那食譜去作餅乾, 聽說真的很不錯吃喔!

My daughter and 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 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 that 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 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 damn, and we're not refunding your money." I waited a moment, thinking of how I could get even, or even try to 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 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 $250.00 dollars for this... I don't want Neiman-Marcus to ever get another penny off of this recipe...

This is not a joke - this is a true story... Ride free citizens!!!! This isn't some stupid chain letter either… pass it on… if you don't, you won't die or get dumped… you'll just do the world an injustice...

Thanx...

以下是它們公司的餅乾食譜: (Recipe may be halved)
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups brown sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal (measure oatmeal and blend in blender to a fine powder)
24 oz. chocolate chips
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla

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!!!