Considered a forerunner of anti-politics or the first Italian satirical party,[1] the Steak Party took part in the 1953 Italian general election, promising to give people a steak every day.

In 1950s Florence, publisher Corrado Tedeschi, together with Ugo Cavallini, founded a political party named after their popular weekly puzzle magazine Nuova Enigmistica Tascabile [it] (NET).

The party was nicknamed the Steak Party (partito della bistecca) with its symbol being a heifer because the political program, among other things, would deliver a daily supply of steak to every citizen.

[4] The Steak Party collected 4,305 valid votes, equivalent to 0.02% at the national level (or 0.14% in just Florence).

[1] Corrado Tedeschi presented the Nettist Party official program for 1953 Italian general election as follows:[7]