A Mexican standoff is a confrontation between two or more parties in which no participant can proceed or retreat without being exposed to danger. As a result, all participants need to maintain the strategic tension, which remains unresolved until some outside event makes it possible to resolve it.
Steps. 1  1. Prepare the cabbage for canning. 2  2. Rinse the cabbage under cool water in a strainer, then drain the cabbage on cloth or paper towel lined trays for 6 hours. 3  3. Prepare pickling liquid.  4. Clean 7 glass quart (946mL) canning jars and metal lids with soap and hot 1  water. 5. Pack the clean jars with the cabbage.
Canning is an old trick for preservation, and lacto-fermenting even olderâusing naturally occurring bacteria to turn tons of cabbage into sauerkraut, cucumbers into pickles, and fruit into preserves. Come learn the basics of each and eat your tomatoes in the middle of January! Cost: $20 per person per class.