ABSOLUTELY " TRUE STORY" - THIS IS NOT A JOKE!

My daughter & 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".  (EDITORIAL 
COMMENT: Neiman's is a VERY EXPENSIVE department store).
  
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 I 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 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.  Since you have already seen the 
recipe we absolutely will not refund your money at this point." I 
explained to her the criminal statutes that govern fraud in Texas, I 
threatened to report 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 
money back. I just said, "Okay, you folks 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 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
Neiman-Marcus to ever get another penny off of this recipe....
  
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(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
  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.
  
  Enjoy cooking the most expensive cookie in the world - FREE !! 
  THIS IS TRUE----PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT AND PLEASE SEND 
  THIS TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS.
  
  For the love of cookies and revenge!!