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Mantry
Cost: $75/month
Ships To: United States.
Coupon Code: N/A
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 ships via USPS Priority Mail and ships around the 20th of the month.
As always I love the Mantry crate itself. They are made out of real wood and B uses his to hold glasses and cocktail mixes and other stuff in his basement bar.
The June 2015 Mantry theme was “Campfire Cookout” and included the following items:
~Wondermade S’mores Marshmallows ($7.95): I love these! We have received a variety of Wondermade marshmallows in subscription boxes over the years and the s’mores flavor is my favorite. We will be taking these up-north for 4th of July and roasting them over the camp fire.
~Broadbent’s Hickory Smoked Pepper Country Bacon ($7.90): I will never understand how meat can be can shipped just in a package without refrigeration, but it clearly can. Mantry has included Broadbent a few boxes in the past and the boys love it. As soon as B is home for more than 2 minutes he will happily make this for breakfast.
~Mrs. Fearnow’s Delicious Brunswick Stew with Chicken (Hope Farm) ($6.85): The picture of this in the information booklet doesn’t make it look all that tasty, but I suspect it’s amazing. I quite like canned stews, but I feel like most have beef in them and not chicken. The fact that his has chicken in it makes this even better.
~Reginald’s Creamy Cinnamon Molasses Cashew Butter ($8): I was less than excited about this at first, but after tasting it I was glad I gave it a chance. I just tried it straight from the jar, but I suspect it would be even better on toast in the morning. It’s described as cinnamon toast in a jar and I can see that for sure.
~Treehouse Chocolate Co. Drinking Chocolate ($12): I can’t decide if I want to save this winter time or just for a chilly night up-north! Maybe I will split it half and half. The chocolate bars used to make this are sustainably sourced from small Peruvian farms and contain 72% cocao. This is not your normal weak hot chocolate!
~Effie’s Homemade Oatcakes ($6): The name “oatcakes” makes me think I am going to be eating some sort of rice cake with oats in it, but that’s not the case at all. This is more of a cross between a cookie and a cracker. And it’s delicious!
All totaled I came up with a value of $48.70 for the June 2015 Mantry. Of course, I don’t include shipping costs in my prices or the value of the crate, but if you are looking for a “value” box, Mantry isn’t going to be it for you. Mantry is more about the curation and experience. B loves it and that’s all that matters to us with this one (although I wouldn’t be sad if the value was higher).
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!
