More than one in four Kiwis allegedly prefer their steak with tomato sauce on it.
That's according to some unscientific research conducted by Hawke's Bay-based sauce company Wattie's, along with Beef + Lamb New Zealand.
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More than 1000 of the 4000 participants in the poll (29 per cent) said they used sauce to enhance their steak experience.
The other 71 per cent said sauce on steak was something they side-stepped.