An Excellent Pickle

Ingredients

• Equal quantities of medium-sized onions
• cucumbers, and sauce-apples
• 1-1/2 teaspoonful salt
• 3/4 teaspoonful cayenne
• 1 wineglassful soy
• 1 wineglassful sherry
• vinegar

Instructions

1. Slice sufficient cucumbers, onions, and apples to fill a pint stone jar, taking care to cut the slices very thin;
2. arrange them in alternate layers, shaking in as you proceed salt and cayenne in the above proportion;
3. pour in the soy and wine, and fill up with vinegar.
4. It will be fit for use the day it is made.