PICKLED ONIONS (a very Simple Method, and exceedingly Good)

Ingredients

• Pickling onions
• to each quart of vinegar
• 2 teaspoonful allspice
• 2 teaspoonful whole black pepper

Instructions

1. Have the onions gathered when quite dry and ripe, and, with the fingers, take off the thin outside skin;
2. then, with a silver knife (steel should not be used, as it spoils the colour of the onions), remove one more skin, when the onion will look quite clear.
3. Have ready some very dry bottles or jars, and as fast as they are peeled, put them in.
4. Pour over sufficient cold vinegar to cover them, with pepper and allspice in the above proportions, taking care that each jar has its share of the latter ingredients.
5. Tie down with bladder, and put them in a dry place, and in a fortnight they will be fit for use.
6. This is a most simple recipe and very delicious, the onions being nice and crisp.
7. They should be eaten within 6 or 8 months after being done, as the onions are liable to become soft.