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Hi to you all

If you hate the thought of people ripping you off read the following and act
accordingly:-

Subject: Meiman-Narcus Cookie Recipe.

I love it when the little guy strikes back!

A little background: Meiman-Narcus, 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 a I had just finished a salad at a Meiman-Narcus cafe in Dallas,
and we decided
to have a small dessert. Because both of us are such cookie lovers, we
decided to try the
"Meiman-Narcus 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 Meiman-Narcus
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 Meiman'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. Meiman-Narcus 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
Accounting Department lady the
criminal statutes which govern the state of Texas. I threatened to report
them to the Better Business
Bureau ant 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 even, and don't bother trying to
get your money back."
I just said, " Okay, you folk got my $250, and now I'm going to have $250
worth of fun." I told her that
I was going to see that every cookie lover in the United States with an
e-mail account has a $250 cookie
recipe from Meiman-Narcus.... 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 Meiman-Narcus to EVER make another penny off of this
recipe!


MEIMAN-NARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)

2 cups of butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
4 cups of flour
2 cups of brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
18 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 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.

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