Subject: Fw: BISCUIT RECIPE FOR FREE - please forward!

 Enjoy

 I love it when good people get even without violence.....
 

 
A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, Is a
 VERY expensive shop; e.g, they sell a typical $8.00 T-shirt for $50.00. 
 
THIS IS A TRUE STORY 
 
My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
 Dallas , 

 Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the
 'Neiman-Marcus cookie'. It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe.

The waitress said with a small frown, 'I'm afraid not, but you can BUY the
 recipe. 
' I asked how much, and she responded; 'Only two fifty - it's a great
 deal!' 
 
I agreed to that, and told her to add it to my bill. Thirty days
 later, I got my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus Charge was
 $285.00. I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only spent $9.95
 for two sandwiches and about $20.00 for a scarf. 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 Had
 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.' and
 as you have already seen the recipe we absolutely will not refund your
 Money.' 
 
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. 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 said, OK, you've 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
 world with an e-mail account gets a $250 cookie recipe from
 Neiman-Marcus..... For Free. 
 

 She replied, 'I wish you wouldn't do that.' 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 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 from
 this recipe! 
 
 
NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved) 
 
2 (500 ml) cups butter
 24 oz. (680 g) chocolate chips
 4 (1000 ml) cups flour
 2 (500 ml) cups brown sugar
 2 tsp.. (10 ml) (Bicarb) soda 
1 tsp. (5 ml) salt 
2 (500 ml) cups sugar 
18 oz (500 g) Hershey Bar (grated). (Cadbury chocolate for
 Australians & South
 Africans) 
5 (1250 ml) cups blended oatmeal 
4 eggs
 2 tsp. (10 ml) baking powder
 2 tsp. (10 ml) vanilla  3 cups (375 ml) chopped nuts ( optional ) 

 ..................... 
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 Bicarb (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 (180 *C ) 375 degrees. 
( The above quantities make approx 112 cookies ) 
 
Enjoy !!!