>> 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 statues 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 in! to 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!!
>>
>>
>> "In God We Trust"
>> United We Stand
>> Freedom does not come Free
>> Surport Out Troops





Paula Kay
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