Cookie solidarity, or just a bit of schadenfreude

I´ve just received this via e-mail. Now, I don´t know if this is a true story or not, or if it´s been doing the rounds forever, but I found it very funny. And the recipe sounds great. So, as soon as I´ve figured out the conversions to grams, I´ll try it. And in the meantime, I´ll spread the word and help those two Texan ladies, if they exist, to put a spike in the big wheel of underhand commercial practices.

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 these ladies $250.00 worth. Enjoy the cookies,
they really are good.