You may, however, wish to reduce or eliminate the sugar if the pears are particularly ripe at the time of preparation or if you simply wish a less sweet product. The sweetness of the grape juice will directly affect how sweet your pears are. Be sure to taste the grape juice in advance to best judge how much sweetener will be needed, if any. Follow the instructions in any canning book that details the canning of fruit. To complete the recipe with juice only, reducing the sweetness of the overall product, look in the low-sugar or diabetic section of any good book on home canning.
Cloves have a particular strong flavor that some feasters find too much for their palate.
Platina's On Right Pleasure and Good Health. Gaylin Walli is a technical writer and editor for a multinational software company.