World's first forward?

I'm pretty sure the Neiman-Marcus cookie was among the first forwards I ever received. Come on, you've gotten this one too. And if you received it in the past ten years or so, you looked it up on Snopes. Anyway, now it that it has made its way onto every single computer - it's going for round II, and picking up all the newbies along the way.   I've posted it here, just in case you were asleep the first 100 times you got it.

Have you ever made these cookies? Are they delicious? (If so, and you want to make them again, lemme know and I'll send you my address.)

I did a little Googling to try to find the "first email forward," but had no luck. Was it the Nigerians? Or one of those "forward to 10 friends or else you'll have bad luck" sort of emails (reminiscent of chain letters, from back in elementary school)?

Onward... the Neiman-Marcus cookie forward...

ENJOY THIS...THIS IS A TRUE STORY!

When decent people get screwed over, this is the result!

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.

30 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 world 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!
THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!!

Even if your friends do not eat sweets, send it to them and ask them
to pass it on. Let's make sure we get this lady's $250.00 worth. Enjoy
the cookies they really are good.