My God! Those are some expensive cookies... your story has earned the
DIVINE WIND award and will appear in the February Edition of
VOLKSADDICT...(along with the cookies, of course...)

>The attached file has a really yummie cookie recepie, i tried pecans,
>hazlenuts and macadamia (in separate batches).  The story of how the recepie
>was obtained is pretty humerous.
>
>Hopefully, this isn't a copyright infringement.
>
>enjoy,
>Fred
>
>

>Okay, everyone....a true story of justice in the good old U.S. of A.
>Thought y'all might enjoy this; if nothing else, it shows internet
>justice, if it can be called that.
>
>My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe
>in Dallas & decided to have a small dessert.  Because our family 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 they
>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, "Two fifty." I said with approval, just add it to my
>tab.
>
>Thirty days later, I received my VISA 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."  Boy, was I
>upset!! I called Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress
>said
>it was "two-fifty," and I did not realize she meant $250.00 for a
>cookie recipe.
>
>I asked them to take back the recipe and reduce my bill and they
>said they were sorry, but because all the recipes were this expensive
>so not just everyone could duplicate any of our bakery recipes....the
>bill would stand.
>
>I waited, thinking of how I could get even or even try and get any of
>my money back.
>
>I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250.00 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 will have a $250.00 cookie recipe from
>Neiman-Marcus for nothing. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this." I
>said, "I'm sorry but this is the only way I feel I could get even,"
>and I will.
>
>So, here it is, and please pass it to someone else or run a few
>copies....I paid for it; now you can have it for free.
>
>                    (Recipe may be halved.):
>
>      2  cups butter                     4  cups flower
>      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              3 cups chopped nuts (your
>choice)
>      2  tsp. vanilla
>
>        ** 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.
>
>        Have fun!!!  This is not a joke --- this is a true story..
>
>           ************************************************************
>      That's it. Please, pass it along to everyone you know, single
>        people, mailing lists, etc.....
>
>Ride free, citizen!
>
>.-'^'-.@.-'^'-.@.-'^'-.@.-'^'-.@.-'^'-.@.-'^'-.@.-'^'-.@
>Patricia Campbell-Whisler            whisler@eskimo.com
>             American Non-Sequitur Society
>      "We may not make sense, but we do like pizza!"
>       http://www.eskimo.com/~whisler/welcome.html
>.-'^'-.@.-'^'-.@.-'^'-.@.-'^'-.@.-'^'-.@.-'^'-.@.-'^'-.@
>

   /   !    )
 <+)  (")  (.> ---Hey! Support your local scene! WEBscene, that is!
/( )\/( )\/( )\   VOLKSADDICT, webscene for aircooled enthusiasts
 | |  | |  | |    http://www.io.com/~johnny89/Volksaddict
 ^ ^  ^ ^  ^ ^    The Guy Who Does This: johnny89@io.com