Spicy Vinegar of Haiti - Picklese (Pikliz)

Ingredients

6 scotch bonnet peppers
2 cups thinly sliced cabbage, or 2 cups shredded cabbage
12 cup thinly sliced carrots, or 12 cup shredded carrot
14 cup thinly sliced onions, or 14 cup shredded onion
4 whole cloves
1 teaspoon salt, (optional)
8 -10 peppercorns, (optional)
3 cups vinegar

Directions

Cut the bottoms off of the peppers and cut each pepper into 4 pieces.
Place the peppers and the rest of the ingredients, with or without the salt and/or peppercorns, in a quart size jar; then add the vinegar.
Close jar tightly and let it sit at least 24-48 hours before serving.
Once you commence using it, store in the refrigerator.
In Haitian homes, it is used at the table with all meals.
It lasts for months.