Testimonials

Testimonials

Generally speaking people are not motivated the same way, many resist change, and many have differing expectations for any and all aspects of doing business and what is and is not good food. Since we are who we are and we are not all things to all people like a Wholefoods store, we can't please everyone. On the other hand, some people welcome change. For sure, the grass-fed meats from Slanker's, with their bold flavors due to higher levels of Omega-3 fatty acids and many other powerful nutrients, will never taste like the mass-produced, grain-fed counterparts everyone is used to. That makes some folks uncomfortable.

Alarmingly, most Americans are not interested in nutrition. How their food is raised, harvested, and processed doesn't even show up on their radar screens. For sure they'll refuse to learn about and appreciate new flavors unless it's a "new" potato chip or some such thing.

There are other folks who believe that if small Mom and Pop food producers charge more for their products than the mass-produced, concocted foods of Big Business, then we're ripping them off. Many of these people have been conditioned to believe that only Big Business in concert with Big Government can provide them with "safe" food. In addition, they buy so many imported goods they no longer understand why buying American and supporting grassroots enterprises in our country is so vital to our national being.

Consequently, our positive testimonials can only come from folks who focus on nutrition and are willing to go out of their way to shop unconventionally. Of course, once they get used to the 100% grass-fed meats they really enjoy the real flavor. Obviously, they have to be folks who can accept change and stand apart from the mob. Also, our customers must be mature enough to know that there are inconsistencies in the real meat business. Also, small outfits like ours cannot possibly meet every need and whim of a fickle customer. We will do our best to jump through hoops for any customer, but we have our limits and we cannot tolerate overly demanding, spoiled rotten folks who expect perfection like as if our products were made by machine and we owned UPS.

In that light we can introduce a few of our supporters.

A Medical Doctor with a Focus on Nutrition

There are very few medical doctors in the United States who focus on the science of nutrition and Grass-Fed Meats as a primary approach to healing. One of the best is David Holland. He is with Concentra at the East El Paso location. The phone number there is 915-593-1862. He does not do telephone consulting.

David Holland, MD

El Paso, TEXAS

David Holland M.D., a real healthcare professional, is also an expert on fugal infestations and fungal diseases. He stresses the fact that a person with Chronic Disease must follow a different set of rules – the diet must change, the supplements often have to change, and sometimes the environment must change.

Another Doctor Wants Us to Spread the Word

We just enjoyed our first cut of beef from your ranch. They were rib-eyes and they were delicious. The steaks were juicy and grilled easily. The best part is, you are eating beef that is good for you. My sons and wife enjoyed them also . . . and they are very meticulous and snobby about their steaks! We will be ordering more in the future and I hope you will continue to spread the word about the positive nutritious qualities of Grass-fed beef. Your web site is outstanding! Thanks Dr. Douglas M. Delaware, July 18, 2006

In her book, Guide to a Good Life,

Nell Newman, Paul Newman's daughter,

recommends Slanker's Grass-Fed Meats

as the resource for meat and poultry.

Why? Because we are a very small,

Mom and Pop producer/retailer that raises livestock the old fashion way without

artificial hormones and antibiotics in the feed.

A Chef Provides His Viewpoint

I recently purchased your sampler beef package.

To start, I'm a second generation chef, I've been working in kitchens since I was 9. This is the first time in a long time that I've been surprised by a product. Your beef has convinced me that a good steak still exists somewhere.

Even the stock I made for stew tastes better then anything I've ever made. I compared the prices that I paid to my local store, and even with shipping the prices are comparable. There are many different products to work with in the package, and all of them are good.

I'm convinced, sirs, and I will be purchasing again in the future.

My only advice is to write a small cooking pamphlet to send with the package with recipe ideas and optimum conditions. Otherwise, flawless. I'll tell my friends in the community. Rob. Mar 07

Doesn't Eat Well-Done Meat Anymore

Thank you for the work you do and the food you provide. I've been a customer for years now and we not only benefit health-wise from your meats, but we enjoy the taste and texture much more than the grain-fed stuff. One time I started making chili and realized I was out of ground beef. I was disappointed to have to go to the grocery store to buy some of theirs. I bought what seemed the best quality and grade they had, but it was a real disappointment - an icky greasy texture and inferior taste. Now I'm much more careful not to run out. Everyone who's tried my meals made with grass-fed meats raves about them. My mom is shocked that I can put my ground beef directly into the chili (without cooking and draining the grease first) and it turns out very nice, rather than greasy and disgusting.

My husband loves everything I cook with your meats, but is especially fond of the hamburgers and the minute steaks and tenderized round steaks. He was always a "well-done" type of guy, but I've got him eating rare meats now and he loves the juiciness and tenderness and flavor. And the roasts are wonderful. I took a tip you gave in an article and I cut slits in the roast and put garlic slices in them. I also add my own rub mix to the top - a seasoned salt made from real salt, chili powder, garlic powder and paprika. I add some water to the bottom of the pot and cook it low and slow, then slice it thin and it is just delicious. Then I keep the leftover sliced meat in the juices until we eat it all up. We can no longer eat any chickens but yours - I either roast with veggies or rotisserie. Always great. We love the lunch meats and wieners. I could go on, but I'll leave it at that for now.

I feed my dogs the D&C food, along with sardines and farm fresh eggs and your meaty bones. Because I have 5 big dogs, I supplement their diet with the best quality grain-free dog food I can get, and they are healthier now than they were years ago. None are fat or stinky. My 14-year-old chow mix is still quite active and runs and jumps again like she used to. My dogs don't get fleas or ticks anymore. They range in age from 7 to 14, and they all seem healthier than the neighbors' dogs who are each about 1 year old and are already overweight and stinky. Brenda H. November 16, 2010

Tanif Loves the Delicious Clean Taste with a Wonderful Mouth Feel

I just wanted to send a quick e-mail and let you know that I received my order without a problem on Friday. The UPS guy dropped it off while I was running errands, and amazingly everything was still frozen when I opened it! Friday I defrosted some of the ground beef and my hubby and I cooked some burgers on the grill. They were wonderful! The were so juicy and flavorful. Last night I rendered down the pork fat I ordered into lard and used that today to fry some french fries to go along with some more burgers. Everything had such a delicious clean taste with a wonderful mouth feel. It felt good knowing that my food not only tasted good but I was getting the much needed Omega 3s as well as lots of vitamin and minerals that can only be found in grass fed meats. My husband noticed the difference too and liked it a lot more than the stuff we buy that is commercially grown. Thank you so much for providing such a great product. Keep up the good work! Tanif S., San Jose, CA, July 16, 2006.

Returning to that Old Savory Flavor

My father was a career military man (Air Force). During the height of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile crisis, we lived in Lincoln, Nebraska. My father was an avid pheasant hunter and got to know several of the farmers in the area. He and one of his hunting buddies would go together and buy a cow from one of the farmers. They would have the cow processed and we would have grass fed beef all of the time. Sunday was always steak night.

After I grew up and got out on my own, I tried buying my steaks in the grocery store. As a result, I all but gave up eating red meat. I couldn't figure out if I wasn't cooking it right, or what was wrong.

A couple of years ago, I ran across an article about grass fed beef. I thought it would be worth a try for environmental reasons.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It wasn't me doing anything wrong with the grocery store beef, it was the grocery store beef that was wrong.

There was the taste and flavor I remembered. My wife and I have eaten more red meat in the last two years than we have eaten in the last twenty.

The health benefits are an extra for us. The taste sealed the deal.

Try it one time. You will be amazed. It's like the difference between a home grown and store bought tomato.

Jim, April 15, 2011

Wayne in Pennsylvania has "Crossed over the Bridge" to Real Food

I am well into my third order of Slanker's grass-fed beef, and I wanted to tell you that not only am I enjoying the great taste of all of the cuts and ground beef, but I have never felt better in my entire life!

I think I have read just about every word on your web site, and I have just about completely cut out grain based and concocted foods from my diet. Lots of little aches and pains have disappeared, and I have much more energy and a better outlook on life!

Add to this all the fun and enjoyment I have gotten from preparing real foods on the grill and in the oven, and you come up with the fact that I am having the time of my life!

I have you folks to thank for changing my life. I look forward to talking to you again soon and placing my next order!

With sincere thanks; Wayne S. in Pennsylvania. September 13, 2005

Steve Reports on His Experience

I agree with what you say (in the April newsletter), although, as a new customer, I did not receive the February newsletter and have a few supporting statements.

For those who are offended by being called ignorant, they need to understand the difference between ignorance and stupidity. I have defined it as: Not knowing a topic makes me ignorant of that topic, but once I have been informed, I am no longer ignorant -- unless I choose to be, in which case I am stupid, which indicates that stupidity is a choice. I think you refer to this state of mind as “blockhead.”

With regard to “that’s not how science works.” I am told that Einstein is credited with saying “If the facts don’t fit the theory, you change the theory, not the facts.”

I am happy to now be included now in that category of “smart customer,” and this is not a egotistical statement, I was just ignorant. I would never have elevated to that category had it not been for the fact that I have been diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. Once diagnosed, Big Medicine prescribed their drugs to relieve my symptoms, but unequivocally stated that there is no cure, and that eventually this will kill me. As a person who enjoys life, this was an unacceptable answer. Fortunately, I happened across a book -- Patient Heal Thyself -- by Dr. Jordan Rubin, who had suffered from Crohn’s disease, a similar disease with similar treatments. The health food store gave me the book for free when they learned of my condition. To cut a long story short, I read his book, committed to his recommendations, purchased the recommended supplements and ordered grass-fed beef. That was just one week ago, as you can attest to, as you shipped my order on May 11th, and I received it on May 14th. The difference is huge, and very measurable in just one week, and this incredible recovery after I have been suffering for more than two years! I would recommend (if you have not already) to review the work of Dr. Rubin. His web site is www.gardenoflifeusa.com.

By the way, I am not a religious person, but I do not let that keep me ignorant, nor have I contacted Dr. Rubin -- yet. Once I recover further, I will let him know of my progress, and thank him also for being the start of my nutritional education journey.

Thanks for being there for me, and being part of my lifesaving cure.

Many regards; Steve J. May 21, 2004

Personal Service Like in the Old Days

Hi Ted, I can't tell you how much we appreciate your quick, friendly and personal service. We got our meat safely, and have been enjoying it ever since. The steaks were awsome!!! We are going to order your "side" as soon as we eat down what we have. We are so glad we made the change for our health. No more feedlots for us. Thank you so much for taking the time on the phone. It was like you had nothing else to do but take my call. You just don't get that anymore.

Take care and I'll order again soon. Heidi D, TX August 8, 2007

I want to thank everyone there for the service you provided me last Monday in expediting my order. To call me and take my order and then fulfill it and ship it the same day was in my opinion service above and beyond what I expected.

Thanks again to everyone there....you are my meat supplier. Cody S. August 30, 2010.

Returning Customer

Hey Ted and everyone involved, thanks for the great beef!! Your service and shipping were no less than stellar. I bought some a few years back and totally loved it but for one reason or another I failed to order anymore, simply eating that crap from Walmart. I got fed-up with all of this GMO, Cloned, and God knows what else is being foisted upon us and I decided I'm not going to participate. I wanted to send you this e-mail to say that upon receiving the meat last Friday I immediately had a burger for dinner.

It triggered something in my body/mind that kept telling me to have some more of it and so far I've downed about three pounds. My entire body seemed obsessed with "having another burger." That's all I've had for three days now. I actually feel different, and I don't believe I'm imagining things.

For the past 15 years or so I've always enjoyed a short nap in the afternoon whenever I got the chance but I haven't felt like I needed one the past couple of days.

I think next on the menu is Chili, Meatloaf, Tacos and Pot Roast. I'm going to try not to do them all on the same day. I also felt compelled to give a pound of the ground beef to a few friends to check out. I doubt they've ever had any meat this good, they're very handy small pouches to give away. At the rate I'm going it looks like I'll probably be ordering again before I thought.

I'm in Natchitoches, LA about 4 hours from your ranch and if I ever get up your way I'd sure like to stop by and meet you and your cows.

I know it's corny but I have to say it.....Head'em up, Move'em out!

Thanks again for the good chow. John C. in LA, August 24, 2010.

Here's a handful of comments from our customers:

“Thank you for the fabulous meat we are enjoying it so much and boy!! Does it take me back to my childhood in Nebraska. You just can't get real beef in a store anymore. Thank you again and we will order again. Oh I almost forgot to tell you our dogs devoured the first bones we gave them in one night. I think they liked them :)” Trish M., Maricopa, Arizona.

“We are enjoying our ground beef soooooooooo much! The hamburger is really delicious and ‘clean’ tasting. So far, I’ve made stuffed peppers, meat loaf, and patties--all very, very good!” Jo J., Wichita Falls, Texas.

“The texture, flavor, and juiciness of the ground beef is far superior to anything you can buy in a grocery store. It cooks so clean on our George Foreman grill we can clean it up with a paper towel! The nutritional qualities of grass-fed beef are important to us because my husband had a heart attack.” Mrs. H., Springdale, Arkansas.

"I received my first Slanker Order on Friday and for the first time in months due to our long winter, fired up the grill for some NY Strips. I got the coals glowing nice and red and let them burn down a bit so it would allow the meat to cook slow as instructed. Nothing but a little salt and pepper for taste. My wife and I sat down and we really enjoyed the look of the steak, its natural flavor, and the texture. It is quite surprising how different the aroma, taste, and texture is from store-bought, grain-fed beef. Very pleasing.

"The next day, I started cooking a stew about noon with the stew meat, garlic, potatoes, carrots, onions, some roasted chili peppers, and a bit of seasoning--cumin, red chile, salt and pepper. After cooking a bit, I added a can of tomato sauce and then just let it cook real slow all day. Fantastic! The meat was fork tender and had a wonderful flavor that blended with the sauce, vegetables, and cold beer.

"I am very pleased with your product and looking forward to inviting the neighbors over for a little taste." Gregor M., Pittsburgh, PA.

"I thawed out a sirloin to try and wasn't too careful with preparation. I just seasoned it a little and grilled it. Seared it quickly then indirect low heat until done. I got it a little "doner" than intended but mostly medium to medium rare. It was wonderfully flavorful and plenty tender. Very juicy too. You guys are selling yourself short on the tenderness issue." Dale H. and family from Ballwin, Mo. For all of Dale's letter including cooking ideas and more click here on good meat.

"I just made my first recipe of empanadas with your ground beef and I have to say it was awesome!!! I will never go back to regular hamburger meat again. My next order will be to try your roasts. Thanks for the wonderful product! God Bless." Nikki in Wisconsin.