SC - Niemann-Marcus Cookie Recipe

[Siegfried Heydrich]

 THE NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIE
 The following is a true story of a lady who decided to take
 revenge against a company that ripped her off.
 I thought it was a nice way to get even and illustrates the power of
 people when empowered with the Internet.
 Enjoy...
 ~~~~~~~~~Not A Joke~~~~~~~~~~
 Can you believe? ... 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."
 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 but you can
 buy the recipe."
 Well, I asked how much, and she responded. "Only two fifty, it's a
 great deal!" I agreed, just add it to my tab I told her.
 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. 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, it doesn't matter, 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 folks
 got my $250.00, and now I'm going to have $25,000.00 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 for this ... I don't
 want Neiman-Marcus to *ever* get another penny off of this recipe....
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 THE NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIE (Recipe may be halved): 
 2 cups butter
 4 cups flour
 2 tsp. baking soda
 2 cups sugar
 5 cups blended oatmeal
 (measure oatmeal and blend into to a fine powder). 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, but we liked pecans best)
 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.
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 Have fun! This is not a joke-this is a true story. Ride
 free, citizens!
 PLEASE PASS THIS TO EVERY ONE YOU KNOW!!!!!!