Vidalia Onion, Crab and Tomato Salad

Ingredients

• 12 cup white wine vinegar
• 14 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper
• 1 medium vidalia onion, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 small cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 medium tomatoes, diced
• 1 medium yellow tomatoes, diced
• 12 ounces crabmeat, blue lump crabmeat preferred, pick over well to remove all shell pieces
• 14 cup virgin olive oil
• 4 scallions, thinly sliced
• 4 basil leaves, julienned