Instructions: Stir together until sugar is dissolved. Pour mixture into punch bowl.

Add 1 2-liter bottle of Cherry 7-Up and plenty of ice. Stir gently.

"I have also used a store brand (Kroger) of cherry lemon-lime and black cherry soda, and frankly, I liked them both every bit as much as the Cherry 7-Up. The carbonation makes it refreshing, and it is a pretty burgundy color.

"I was making this for a crowd, and to keep ahead of them, I made up insulated jugs with the Kool-Aid, sugar, water and ice in them. When the punch bowl needed filled, I took the jug and a 2 liter bottle of soda to the punch bowl, poured in the Kool-Aid, added the soda, stirred it gently with the ladle, and it was ready to go." (Commentary by the author, whose sur-name I do not have.)

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