My daughter and I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
Dallas, and 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 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 replied,
"It's 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"

How OUTRAGEOUS! I called Neiman's Accounting Department and told them the
waitress said "t 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 this 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, thinking of how I could get even, or even try and get any of
my money back.  I just said, "Okay, you people 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 cookie recipe from
Neiman-Marcus.. 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 the phone down on her.

SOOO, here it is!  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE pass it on to everyone you
can possibly think of. I paid $250 for this...I don't want
Neiman-Marcus to EVER get another penny from this recipe.

NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES
*** (RECIPE MAY BE HALVED.) ***
2 C. Butter
4 C. Flour
2 t. Baking Soda
2 C. Sugar
5 C. Blended Oatmeal*
24 oz. Chocolate Chips
2 C. Brown Sugar
1 t. Salt
1 8oz Hershey Bar(grated)
4 eggs
2 t. Baking Powder
2 t. Vanilla
3 C. 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 cookie sheet.
* Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.  Makes 112 cookies.

Have Fun!!!