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.
As the head matures, it will get larger, and become firm to feel. Cut cabbage heads when they are full and firm. Cabbage heads are actually the bud of the bloom stem, and if you left them to go to seed, the stem can be as tall as 6 feet high. Harvesting cabbage is a simple thing.Use a sharp knife to cut the leaves off below the head to help expose the stem, then cut the head away from the stem flush with the base. Once you cut the heads, pull up the plants. They won't produce anything meaningful after that.s the head matures, it will get larger, and become firm to feel. Cut cabbage heads when they are full and firm. Cabbage heads are actually the bud of the bloom stem, and if you left them to go to seed, the stem can be as tall as 6 feet high. Harvesting cabbage is a simple thing.