At last the photos many of you requested. A step-by-step guide to linking up sausages like you see in a butcher shop. Before starting on sauasge we suggest you practise the following steps with a piece of rope.

First you need to stuff a long length of casing and tie it up tightly. Coil up and smooth out until an even diameter is achieved. Prick any large air-gaps with a sterilised pin.

	Step 1. Determine how long you want each sausage to be - 20 cm or 4” is an average length.
	Step 2. Twist the sausage at the end of the 2nd sausage (i.e. at 40 cm).
	Step 3. Pinch the mid-point of this length and bring it towards the end of the 3rd sausage. This forms the first trio of sausages and all that remains it to tie them together.
	Step 4. Press the two strands together, the long end underneath, and pinch together.
	Step 5. Bring 2 lengths (40 cm) of the long end underneath.
	Step 6. Pinch together to form a loop. This forms the next 2 sausages.
	Step 7. Twist the loop. This finally holds together all of the first trio.
	Step 8. Lay the loop along the remainder of the sausage. This should again be the same length as before (20 cm).
	Step 9. Press formly together and pinch togeher.
	Step 10. You've seen something similar in step 4.
	Step 11. Again bring 2 lengths (40 cm) of the long end underneath and pinch to form the next loop.
	Step 12. Continue until all the sausage casing has been linked. Often an incomplete trio remains but this time we were lucky.
	Step 13. A job well done deserves a clearer photo than this!