outrageous… and you are right to feel ripped off. i
am going to help spread this post. i suggest everyone who reads this read dacotah's post… link below and spread the recipe accross the globe. but if you want to live long, don't put four eggs in. one will do.
but i also have a 'come to dinner post'
as you all know, i live alone and one of the activities i indulge in now and then is to cook a spectacular dinner for myself and share it cyberly with my friends.
this is a lovely beef stroganoff. i don't use recipes normally, but this version of stroganoff takes about three hours. there are shortcuts, but i don't take them.
first you marinate the beef in two inch strips. wine is best… marsala wine made only in sicily is the very best.
use fresh shallots and garlic. go easy on the salt because you can use salted butter to saute' the shallots and garlic. sweet basil is the only herb needed. a little black pepper is good too. don't throw out the marinade (overnight in the refrigerator, covered). just add a can of beef broth and cook it all for a couple of hours with a half a pound of fresh sliced mushrooms.
then at the end you add a can of mushroom soup and about 4 ounces of sour cream and simmer until the gravy is a good thickness. pout this all over either "spaetzel", you make yourself or flat egg noodles.
i didn't have any noodles so i used a japanese noodle made from whole grain. broccoli and bread round out the meal. steam the broccoli to retain the vitamins. don't over cook vegetables.
for sounds with dinner, i recommend borodin's "night on bald mountain".
don't try to eat the cookies until two hours later… this is so good you will probably over-eat.
here's the $250 recipe:
NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)
2 cups butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1 – 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
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.
PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY
PERSON YOU KNOW
WHO has a E-MAIL ADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY
TERRIFIC!! Even if the people
on your e-mail list don't eat sweets send it to them
and ask them to
pass it on. Let's make sure we get
these ladies $250.00 worth. Enjoy the cookies, they
are good….
http://my.opera.com/Dacotah/blog/ or,
http://my.opera.com/Dacotah/blog/2007/10/07/a-cookie-recipe-worth-250-must-read-lol-lol
i am on dacotah's side in this… there's too many big
companies out there sucking us dry.
my comment:
what really gets me is that that's just a standard
recipe for chocolate chip cookies. there's nothing
special about it except it's a lethal dose of eggs.
so you just had an overly avaricious salesperson.
10% of $2.50 is .25 but $250 is $25. that's just pure
greed and i have no doubt that she knew she could
fool you by not mentioning two hundred and fifty
dollars. two-fifty… she should be fired because she
gives nieman marcus a bad name. …
momable said:
Lovely meal!Down with Neiman Marcus! Down with stores that sell $9 shirts for $50 and tell you it is better quality!!!
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IArtMan said:
awww moontan… i'm sorry. i didn't think of that. just a strange form of exuberant culinary narcissism.yes mom… down with the names…as shakespeare says in "as you like it"… "thus may the outward shows be least themselves; the world is oft deceived by ornament."
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Moontan01 said:
Absolutely gorgeous, Scott. You really make me jealous, dude. You really do.
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momable said:
Shakespeare got it! :heart:
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Starphoenix said:
Barber's "Adagio for Strings" is another good dinner piece. Of course, the Adagio is good for ANYTHING!LOVELY meal, Scott. You set a good table…
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SqueakeyCat said:
love the meal, but can't eat mushrooms, i'm allergic to them…will have to substitute something else for them…as for the recipe for the cookies, i agree with everyone
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IArtMan said:
star… i get your meaning… so right.kim, i'll make a note of that in my little black book. for you we will substitute truffles and some endive. that should do it.
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avl_wamp said:
Way 2 Go Scott!!! π My bud in Seattle sent me a copy, I'll post as soon I understand out how to do more w/puter. Buncha greedy corporate buggers… :devil:
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angel292005 said:
Looks great! Thanks for the recipe. π :heart:
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nopanic said:
MMMMMMMmmmmmhhhh:happy:It beats peanut butter doesnΒ΄t it ?!:lol:
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cakkleberrylane said:
Well, that sounds terrific. I'm going to make that for my dinner tomorrow night! I'm going to treat myself to a trip to the art museum in Sarasota – fabulous collection of Rubens and that will top off the day nicely!
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sprogger said:
The original version of this story from the 1940s involved a red velvet cake recipe from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.Your own meal seems like it deserves its own legend (not urban), sounds delicious
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IArtMan said:
yes, nic it beats peanut butter… that's just a quick fix. oops, i didn't know this was making the rounds for 67 years. all i knew was 'damsel in distress' and sir lancelot girded his forty pound broadsword and went to work. but it's cool. now i know and someday i will be on a quiz show and i'll have the answer to this obscure question… thank you bici for commenting.lois, i appreciate your dropping in … sounds like my kind of day…. dinner and a museum. yum.hi sprogger… thanks for commenting…. don't see you here that often. keep coming back.
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momable said:
Am going to try to find a fair trade store in my area. Have never heard of these.
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momable said:
Learn a new thing every day! I really like the Snopes site and often forget to check it when I receive info on the net. From now on, I will make it a point to check!!!!
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cakkleberrylane said:
Wonderful! I made the stroganoff and it was fantastic – so much that I've already got the beef marinating for the next time. What a perfect ending to a wonderful day. I posted pictues of this dinner on my blog!
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IArtMan said:
cool lois, i'm glad my loose way of describing the recipe worked. it's just common sense. i didn't think i needed to put down measurements or times. you did well.it's a great recipe especially if you have a tough piece of meat. between the overnight marinating and a couple of hours of simmering before the sourcream or the mushroom soup… the meat just melts in your mouth. i'll come by and see what it looks like.mom, i didn't know about the snopes site either… fascinating.
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momable said:
Oh, I knew about Snopes; but I forget to check! :faint:
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IArtMan said:
yvw isabel… the laugh's on me about the nieman marcus thing…. i am so gullible sometimes.
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wickedlizard said:
lovely meal and thanks for the recipe! :up: Scott! π
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Starphoenix said:
Ah, Scott, that's one of the things about you that is so charming. π
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wickedlizard said:
yes! :heart:
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makneale said:
Yum Yum!:devil:
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avl_wamp said:
Don't feel bad Scott. I got the same e-mail from an old friend and thought it was legit too. π
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SqueakeyCat said:
me too
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Furie said:
Thought you all might enjoy the Wiki version of it.
Amazing how an urban legend can not only do the rounds for so long, but also bring some truth to itself (the company created a cookie recipe after the rumour focussed on them) simply by it's weight.
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SqueakeyCat said:
lmao
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nopanic said:
This post even smells good :happy:
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IArtMan said:
just notify me two days in advance…. for dinner that is.meanwhile… going to yahoo right now… if you're still up, we can chat.
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Denny77 said:
Wow, It even attracts the ladies.Must be a 4 egger :)Den
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wickedlizard said:
π of course! a man that cooks… wow! :hat: :wine: :yes: :heart: so endearing…
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SqueakeyCat said:
yeah, it gives the woman a break…and sometimes we definitely need it
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nopanic said:
…..soft tones of a harmonic orchestra..
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wickedlizard said:
π π Nic!
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nopanic said:
:whistle:huh?!:eyes:
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nopanic said:
:p Pfft yourself soulsis!
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wickedlizard13 said:
:p
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nopanic said:
:heart:
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wickedlizard13 said:
:heart: :p
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sweet_one4now said:
http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/cookie.asp theres the snopes addy and sometimes we all fall for a little urban legend lol anyways the recipe for the food looks yummy going to have to try it sometime π have a great day
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IArtMan said:
yeah, it was funny… it was late and i was tired or i might have realized. but it's o.k.. i guess i owe neiman marcus an apology.
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cakkleberrylane said:
I revisited your blog to get the recipe for the stroganoff again. We're partying tonight!!! Stroganoff and a glass of wine for me, canned tuna for the kitties! Well, I guess that's the kind of partying you do after the age of 50!
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