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Mantry
Cost: $75/month
Ships To: United States.
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Mantry (aka the Modern Man’s Pantry) is a food of the month club that lets you discover the finest american artisan foods – and gives you ideas of what to do with them.  It’s $75/month and has been around since the Fall of 2012.  It’s one of the more expensive subscriptions we get, but B loves it!

Mantry usually ships via UPS Mail Innovations, but this month my box shipped via USPS Priority Mail.

Mantry packages all of their items inside of a Mantry branded wooden crate.  I think their packaging is one of the reasons I enjoy them so much.

I was super excited to open this and see all unfamiliar items!

The April 2015 Mantry theme was “Taco Truck” and included the following items:

~Yellowbird Habanero Sauce ($4): Mantry has a recipe for a cocktail using this sauce, but I am thinking maybe a little bit on a taco?  Just a little bit though!

~Deano’s Jalapeños Jalapeño Chips ($4.49): Once this bag is opened these will be gone.  Mantry also suggests using these as a crunchy topping on a taco, but seriously the bag won’t last long enough for that.

~Pernicious Pickling Co. Pickled Red Onions ($10): B and I both looked at these and were like no.  No way.  But the more I think about these on a taco, okay, yeah, I want to try that.

~Old Ranch Dog Mexican Hot Chocolate Walnuts ($8.99): I thought I would like these more than I actually do.  There is a lot going on in here.  They are chocolately, but they do have a kick to them for sure.

~Savage Jerky Co. Mojo Jerky ($7.99): B was probably most excited about the beef jerky in this box.  He is a complete beef jerky addict.  It’s garlic, lime and cilantro flavored jerky and is hand-crafted in small batches.

~Hernan Mole Poblano ($8.99): I cannot remember where we received this but I recall LOVING it.  I can’t wait to make tacos with this.

~Mantry Black Bonus: Luchador Bottle Opener ($7.74): A few months back we received a Mantry Black card (it doubles as a bottle opener) in the mail.  It’s for loyal subscribers (we have subscribed to Mantry for years) and it had a note that mentioned that our Mantry experience would be upgraded whenever possible.  This fun bottle opener was the first little gift we have gotten and I love it!  SO fun.  I can’t wait to see what they have in store next.

All totaled I came up with a value of $52.20 for the April 2015 Mantry.  And that includes the value of the bottle opener.  I was really surprised that the value of this one wasn’t higher.  I never would have guessed.  I loved that everything in here was brand-new to Mantry and I thought they did a great job with the theme!

Did you get Mantry this month?  What’d you think? And what do you use your Mantry crates for? If you are interested in subscribing or just want to learn more, click here!