30 July: Uruguay wins the first World Cup, and a bowl of Buseca
Uruguay beat Argentina 4–2 in Montevideo on 30 July 1930 to win the first World Cup. Buseca, the tripe and bean soup both countries share, is the bowl for a final between neighbours.
Soup of the day
Buseca
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Buseca is a thick tripe and bean soup from Uruguay and Argentina. Honeycomb beef tripe is cleaned and boiled until tender, then cut into strips and simmered in a tomato and paprika broth with white beans, slices of chorizo, bacon, onion, red pepper and carrot.
Read about Buseca and get the recipe →What happened
Uruguay beat Argentina 4–2 in Montevideo in the first FIFA World Cup final.
Why this soup
Buseca is eaten in both finalists' countries, Uruguay and Argentina.
Sources
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