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.
It really helps to have a blanching basket to lower the cut cabbage into a pot of boiling water. Otherwise, you can just dump it in there and fish it out with a slotted spoon when itâs done. Blanch the cabbage for 2 min. Quickly remove the cabbage from the boiling water, and dunk it in a pot or large bowl of very cold water to stop the cooking process. You donât want to fully cook your cabbage, or itâll get mushy. Allow it to sit in cold water for about 2 min. Drain it off well.