Japanese pickles

4    Japanese cucumbers
           -- thinly sliced, OR...
      3    -standard cucumbers,
           -- peeled and sliced
      1    Red onion; thinly sliced
    1/2 c  Rice vinegar
      2 ts Rice syrup
    1/4 ts Salt
      3    Fresh red chili peppers
           -- seeded
      2 tb Fresh cilantro
 
  Combine all ingredients and refrigerate. Serve as a compliment to
  grilled or spicy foods, or with chicken or fish.
  
  Nutritional Info Per Serving: Protein: 1 gr. (11%); Carbohydrates: 10
  gr. (84%); Fat: .3 gr. (5%); Calories: 42; Sodium: 94 mg.; Cholesterol:
  0 mg.
  
  Exchanges: 2 vegetable
  
  Copyright Whole Foods Market, 1995, wfm@wholefoods.com
  (http://www.wholefoods.com/wf.html)
  Reprinted with permission from Whole Foods Market
  Meal-Master compatible format courtesy of Karen Mintzias