Subject:  Ever been ripped off?
Help strike a blow for the little people.

ABSOLUTELY "TRUE STORY"

 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".

 (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 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 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 darn, and
 we're not refunding your money."  I waited, thinking of how I could
 get even or try and get any money back.  I just said, "Okay, you folks got
 my $250, and now  I'm going to have $250.00 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  address 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
 ....

 Neiman-Marcus $250 Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

 (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!!