Berchtesgaden

We have had quite a few visitors lately and I have been fortunate enough to be able to show them around the area. One place I try to take everyone is Berchesgaden.
Wikipedia has a nice summary of Berchtesgaden and important links so I won't bore you with things you can google yourself.
This particular Sunday there was a celebration of the opening of the new downtown pedestrian area. There was a band, food and 1 Euro beers!
Berctesgaden has two lovely studios that sell traditional hand crafts. After my mom gave me the hen and the set of egg cups, I contacted the pottery studio, Töpferei R. von Hoesslin, personally and requested that the other pieces be made to match. Each time we have had a visitor, I take them to Berchtesgaden and pick up a new piece!
I have collected a container for garlic (Knoblauch) and onion (Zwiebel). I also now have a butter container.
There is also a studio that does hand painted wooden items like ornaments, boxes, figurines. It is located right next to the pottery studio. I try to support the traditional art because I think it is important to keep these aspects of the culture alive.

Cleaning Out the Pantry

So we are getting ready for our 4th international move now. We are a month away from departure and already I am a month behind on my "things to do timeline", namely, the start cleaning out your pantry. Here is where I need to get creative. I hate wasting food, but the things I have left really require other ingredient investments (Wok Noodles: I went through all my Asian spices), are time consuming (Thai Spring Rolls: are delish but take all morning to make), or go a long way (Polenta: is one of those things that makes a lot and you get sick of having as a left over).

Then there are our random bottles of adult beverages. These usually get taken care of at one of our wild going away parties. Although the older we seem to get the less wild we seem to be, and the less willing we are to risk a hangover. Just looking at our collection, I am sure each one of the bottles comes with a headache.

We once had a huge amount of Rumtopf left over from Christmas that got consumed with champagne at my "Jody is leaving creature comforts behind" going away party. Made people leap tall buildings I believe.

One of the blogs I have been following Austin to Africa, Brasil to the Bay has had some really good postings about life as an expat, so I have sort of been inspired to ask everyone,

What is the most random thing left over in your pantry before a move?

and

Any ideas of how to use 250 g of polenta in two weeks?