A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a very

expensive store; i.e., they sell your typical $8.00 T-shirt for $50.00.

Let's let them have it! THIS IS A TRUE STORY!

My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in

Dallas, and we 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 to that, and told her to just add it to my tab.

Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus

charge 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 was

outrageous! I called Neiman's Accounting Department and told them the

waitress said it was "two fifty", which clearly does not mean "two

hundred

and fifty dollars" by any reasonable 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 the Accounting Department lady the criminal

statutes which govern fraud in the state of Texas. I threatened to

report

them to the Better Business Bureau and the Texas Attorney General's

office

for engaging in fraud. 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 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 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus...for free. She replied,  "I

wish

you wouldn't do   this." 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, please, please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think

of. I paid $250 for this, and I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER make

another penny off of this recipe!

NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)

2 cups butter

24 oz. chocolate chips

4 cups flour

2 cups brown sugar

2 tsp. soda

1 tsp. salt

2 cups sugar

1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)

5 cups blended oatmeal

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.

PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN

E-MAIL ADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!!

Even if the people on your e-mail list don't eat sweets send it

to them and ask them to pass it on. Let's make sure we get this ladies

$250.00 worth. Enjoy the cookies, they are good....