Quick Refrigerator Pickles - Asian Style - A Zest for Life

Ingredients

• 6 large kirby cucumbers, about 2 3/4 pounds, scrubbed - freshest available
• 1 ¼ cups cider vinegar, organic
• 1 ¼ cups rice vinegar, can use "seasoned vinegar" but contains sodium and sugar
• ⅔ cup cane sugar, organic
• 2 teaspoons pickling spice, (see suggestion)
• ¾ teaspoon Shichimi Togarashi*, japanese red pepper mix
• ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
• 18 fresh garlic chives, or try garlic scapes
• 8 fresh ginger slices, 1/4" wide, peeled