Name: Quick and Spicy Refrigerator Pickles
Yield: makes 2 wide mouth pint jars
Ingredients: about 8 small pickling cucumbers; 2 fresh Serrano chili peppers, thinly sliced, seeds and all.; fresh tarragon sprigs; 2 bay leaves (fresh if you can find them); 2 cups white or white wine vinegar; 1/3 cup sugar; 2 Tbsp kosher salt; 1 Tbsp yellow mustard seeds; 1 Tbsp rainbow pepper corns; 1 tsp allspice berries; 1 tsp whole coriander; 2 star anise; 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half; 6 cardamom pods