Step 1: Start with a chain of eight sausages — we will call this a link of sausages (please note that in some parts of the world a 'link' is a single sausage but that's not the case here in Australia).
Tying sausage links into bunches is one of those fun things you can do to impress guests at any barbecue, says STEVE BAIN.
It looks complicated, and some methods can be a little tricky. However, the way we show you here is, in my opinion, the simplest.
It doesn't matter too much if you get some of the steps slightly around the wrong way, and I reckon it is the easiest methodology to remember as each step becomes obvious — because the ‘next step’ as you work along the sequence, sort of explains itself.
Step 2: ‘Bend’ the string after the second sausage (second from one of the ends) and position five sausages off to one side (in this case these five are on the left-hand side).
Step 3: Next take the five sausages and bring/take them over to the right-hand side.
Step 4: A close up of the ‘joins’ between the sausages laying across each other. Now a twist needs to be implemented in order to tie/secure the first loop of sausages (otherwise the bunch will fall apart).
Step 5: Pass the ‘last’ four of the sausages through the loop that you've made.
Step 6: Exit the running-end out the ‘bottom’ of the loop.
Step 7: And position the four sausages ready for ‘securing’ the triple-sausage bunch.
Step 8: Now pass these four sausages underneath and back up through the loop in order to tie/twist them at the joins.
Step 9: Once the four sausages are through, you have completed the first bunch and can move on to the next lot.
Step 10: For the second bunch, it doesn't really matter which way you go, as long as you apply the philosophy of crossing one-way at the joins and then going back through the loop before finishing off with the ‘twist’.
Step 11: Continuing on to the second bunch, lay the running-end under the join to form a new two-link loop (here we go the othe -way to the previous photo, just to show that it's the concept rather than the direction/orientation).
Step 12: Now, fold the running-end over the top of where the two links join ‘beneath’ the three links. And pass the running-end through the loop that you've created.
Step 13: A close-up of this step.
Step 14: Thread the running-end all of the way through. Now you have the process almost finished. There's just the final sausage to twist.
Step 15: All that remains is to pass the last sausage up through the ‘bunch’, go around the join once (that’s the ‘twist’ bit) and exit below. Done!
Step 16: The finished tied-links consisting of eight sausages. Start with a single, finish with a single and by this tying-method each ‘bunch’ will be three links. Therefore, the typical bunches that I link, will be either of eight (as we have in this example), or if adding another three, makes 11 sausages.
