Instant Potato Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups instant potato flakes
hot water
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup dill pickle cubes, chopped
1 teaspoon celery salt
6 eggs, hard-boiled and chopped
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
4 -6 stalks chopped celery (I sometimes add 1 can chopped water chestnuts in place of celery, for the crunch) (optional)
1 teaspoon dill weed
1 small onion, chopped
2 cups mayonnaise
1/2 cup chopped olive

Preparation

In a large bowl, mix potato flakes, mustard, salt, pickles and celery salt.
Add enough hot water to mixture--about two cups--to mix the ingredients.
Mixture should be fairly stiff.
Cover and let stand about five minutes.
Add eggs, garlic powder, celery (if using), dill weed, onion, mayonnaise and chopped olives.
Mix well and chill three or more hours.
Keep unused portion in refrigerator; will stay fresh up to a week if covered and chilled.
NOTE: Cooking time refers primarily to chilling time.