cookieYes I know what you are thinking… I am about to have another go at Woolworths arent I? Actually not, I am, surprising as it may seems going to spring to their defence. My ongoing battle with Woolworths (or Woolworse as i like to call them) means that when ever something about Woolworths hits the emails I am sure to recieve quite a few copies of the same email. And so it is with the latest chain letter “The Woolworths Cookie Recipe”

The story goes something like this (and you can read the entire email at the end of this post)… My daughter and I went to Woolworths blah blah blah we enjoyed the cokkies blah blah blah we asked for the resipe blah blah blah they gave it to us blah blah blah but they charged us a fortune blah blah blah so here it is for free blah blah blah.

Cute story and everyone is forwarding it as though it was Gospel, only problem is the same email has been doing the rounds for about 50 years! The most popular was the Nieman Marcus Cookie Email of a few years ago that has now reproduced itself in the Woolworths version.

The Woolworths Email… My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a Woolies Cafe in Hyde Park, Johannesburg.  Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the ‘Woolies 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.’

The Nieman Marcus Email… 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?”

Now all you conspiracy theorists (like Mr ‘man never landed on the moon’ Hasslefree) are probably thinking what a coincidence that the same thing should happen again?!?!? I say check the fact on the internet before you send out the drivel.

Nice place to check, try these two links

SNOPES or  URBANLEGENDS

The first one is even complete with the newly featured Woolies story. Ah the power of email and the new social media. I wonder how many people rushed home to bake 112 cookies in an attempt to put Woolworths out of business, hmmm maybe I should start baking?

The Woolworths Cookie Email

This is a [NOT A] true story.

Please forward when you finish reading!

A little background:

Woolworths, if you don’t know already, is a very expensive clothing and supermarket outlet (they sell a typical R50 T-shirt for R150).  My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a Woolies Cafe in Hyde Park, Johannesburg.  Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the ‘Woolies 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 Woolworths charge was R485. I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only spent R49.95 for two sandwiches and about R120 for a scarf. At the bottom of the statement, it said, ‘Cookie Recipe – R250.00′. That was outrageous!

I called Woolworths Accounting Department and told them the waitress had said it was ‘two fifty’, which clearly does not mean ‘two hundred and fifty Rands’ by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase.  Woolworths 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  Gauteng.  I threatened to report them to the Better Business Bureau and The 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 R250, and now I’m going to have R250 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 R250 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 R250 for this, and I don’t want Woolworths to EVER make another cent from this recipe!

WOOLIES COOKIES (Recipe may be halved as this makes heaps)

2 (500 ml) cups butter

680 g chocolate chips

4 (1000 ml) cups flour

2 (500 ml) cups brown sugar

2 tsp. (10 ml) Bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp. (5 ml) salt

2 (500 ml) cups sugar

500 g Grated Cadbury chocolate

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 bicarbonate of soda. Add chocolate chips, grated Chocolate and nuts. Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 180 C.

The above quantities make 112 cookies. Enjoy!

PLEASE KEEP THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS!

This is not a joke-it’s a true story.

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