Contest

My Contest for 2025.

For two years in a row, I had a local winner in my contest. That had never happened before. I loved all your guesses last year and they gave many good ideas for places my peppers should be served! This year’s contest is simple. How many MegawattHours have our solar panels generated since they went online in 2012? I’m basing this on the December 31, 2024 reading.

Have fun guessing!

Will past answers help? The most exciting place my peppers have been served was at a state dinner at the White House. Long time customer Chef Maricel Presilla served Peruvian food and had dried chiles in tall glass vases as centerpieces. The place where my plants were seen by millions is the Smithsonian. The first correct guess for a Top Chef contestant long time customer was Ed Lee. My favorite play is 6 Characters In Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello. My favorite musical is A Chorus Line. My favorite food book is Secrets of the Tsil Cafe by Thomas Fox Averill. I have been a VITAL (Volunteer In Tutoring Adult Learners) tutor for 41 years. Four years ago, I tutored students from Oman and South Korea. I have a varsity letter in debate from Indiana University-Bloomington. The reality show Terry and I were asked to be on was Trading Spouses. The two countries that asked me to help establish chile growing operations were Tanzania and Colombia. The two bright green buns I ate in Japan were melon and mugwort. My favorite single malts are Nadurra and Highland Park. My tennis nickname is Domanetrix. I love watching Top Chef and Cash Cab. I have been a vegetarian for 48 years. I am 62; weigh 120 pounds and wear a child’s size four shoe. My favorite boxer is Oscar DeLaHoya and my favorite baseball player is Norm Cash. Our baby name was Bellina. My favorite Local Growers Guild items are fromage a trois from Capriole Cheese, yogurt from Traders Point, and garlic herb cheese from The Swiss Connection.

Same rules apply: one guess per person. The first correct guess wins one dozen plants. I will chose a prime selection of chiles, sweet pepper and tomato plants and ship them to the winner.

Email your guess to: chilewmn@thechilewoman.com

Good luck!