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.
For the ginger cabbage slaw: 1  1/2 head red or green cabbage, or a mixture, cored and shredded (about 1 lb./500 g) 2  1 carrot, peeled and shredded. 3  1-inch (2.5-cm) piece of fresh ginger, peeled and grated. 4  1 Tbs. 5  1 1/2 Tbs. rice wine vinegar. 6  3 Tbs. grapeseed oil. 7  1 1/2 tsp. 8  1 tsp. firmly packed brown sugar. 9  Kosher salt.