2 rumtopf Recipes

sugar (about 5 1/2 lbs), water, golden rum (buy two 1.75 liter and 1 750 ml bottles) or 4 1/2 quarts light rum (buy two 1.75 liter and 1 750 ml bottles), peaches, peeled,halved and pitted, green seedless grapes, stemmed, pears, peeled,halved and cored, red seedless grapes, stemmed, dark sweet cherries

fruit (strawberries, plums, cherries, peaches, pears, raspberries, currants, blueberries, gooseberries, ...), sugar, rum (54%)