1914 Pineapple, Walnut, Fig, and Tomato Salad

1914 Pineapple, Walnut, Fig, and Tomato Salad
Midnight Feasts
1 ripe pineapple
1 tomato
A few figs diced
English walnut meats
Sugar
Syrup:
Juice from fruit
A little lemon
Peel a very ripe pineapple, dig out the eyes, and with a fork shred it to the core; mix with it one tomato, peeled and cut into bits, a few diced figs, and a few English walnut meats. Toss the fruit lightly together, sprinkle liberally with fine sugar and put on the ice. When read to use lift carefully from the juicy syrup and put on a bed of lettuce hearts; mix with the syrup a tablespoonful of brandy and a little maraschino, and pour over the whole.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? Yes

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