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 Banana Peppers. 1. Pick or buy 1/2 lb. (227 g) of sweet banana peppers. These are usually available at farmer's markets fairly late in the summer growing season. This recipe makes 2 jars of canned peppers; double or triple the recipe based on how many lbs. of peppers you have acquired. 2. Clean 2 half-pint (237 ml) canning jars.