05 July 1946 - A TWO-PIECE SWIMSUIT MAKES AN EXPLOSIVE DEBUT IN PARIS:
Louis Reard's abbreviated two-piece swimwear design debuts in a fashion
show held at Paris' Molitor Pool. Reard names his creation, cut from 30
square inches of fabric, after the recent nuclear bomb tests on Bikini
Atoll, explaining, "like the bomb, the bikini is small and devastating."

Although two-piece bathing suits were being used by women as early as
the 1930s, the bikini is commonly dated to July 5, 1946, when, partly
due to material rationing after World War II, French engineer Louis
Reard introduced the modern bikini, modeled by Micheline Bernardini.
Reard named his design for the Bikini Atoll, where the first post-war
tests of the atomic bomb were taking place.

French women welcomed the design but the Catholic Church, some media,
and a majority of the public initially thought the design was risqué or
even scandalous. Contestants in the first Miss World beauty pageant wore
them in 1951, but the bikini was then banned from the competition.
Actress Brigitte Bardot drew attention when she was photographed wearing
a bikini on the beach during the Cannes Film Festival in 1953. Other
actresses, including Rita Hayworth and Ava Gardner, also received press attention when they wore bikinis. During the early 1960s, the design
appeared on the cover of Playboy and Sports Illustrated, giving it
additional legitimacy. Ursula Andress made a huge impact when she
emerged from the surf wearing what is now an iconic bikini in the James
Bond movie Dr. No (1962). The deer skin bikini worn by Raquel Welch in
the film One Million Years B.C. (1966) turned her into an international
sex symbol and was described as a definitive look of the 1960s.

The bikini gradually grew to gain wide acceptance in Western society.
According to French fashion historian Olivier Saillard, the bikini is
perhaps the most popular type of female beachwear around the globe
because of "the power of women, and not the power of fashion". As he
explains, "The emancipation of swimwear has always been linked to the emancipation of women." By the early 2000s, bikinis had become a
US$811 million business annually, and boosted spin-off services like
bikini waxing and sun tanning.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

Title: Bikini Sandwich
Categories: Dairy, Breads, Cheese, Pork, Eggs
Yield: 2 Sandwiches

MMMMM----------------------MANCHEGO MORNAY---------------------------
3 c Whole milk
4 1/2 tb Unsalted butter
6 tb A-P flour
3/4 c Coarse grated 6-month-aged
- Manchego cheese
1/2 ts Salt
1/8 ts (ea)black & espelette pepper

MMMMM---------------------------BIKINI--------------------------------
4 sl White bread
1/4 c Truffle aioli
4 sl White American cheese
1/4 c Jamon iberico (ham)
2 lg Fried eggs; sunny side up
2 tb Butter; melted

Make the mornay. In small sauce pan, heat milk, salt,
black pepper, and espelette on low heat. In separate
sauce pan, heat butter on medium-low heat.

Sprinkle the flour over the hot butter and stir for 4 to
5 minutes. Stir often with spatula to cook out the raw
flour taste.

One ladle at a time, add the warm milk to the flour and
butter mixture, whisking simultaneously.

After milk is added, sprinkle the cheese into warm sauce
while whisking. Strain and keep warm.

Make the bikini. On each slice of white bread, smear a
few tablespoons of truffle aioli and build the sandwich
up from the bottom. Place a slice of cheese on each
slice of bread. Next, add jamón iberico to one slice of
bread and place the other piece of cheese and bread on
top to complete the sandwich.

Place nonstick saute' pan on medium heat and add 2
tablespoons butter. Place bikini in pan and press
lightly for 30 seconds, release, and sear for 2 minutes.
Brush remaining melted butter on the top of the bikini
and flip. Continue to sear until the bikini is
sufficiently hot and cheese in melted.

To assemble. Place bikini on plate and cover with warm
manchego mornay and top with sunny side up egg. Lightly
salt egg yolk and serve.

Recipe by Brian Hyland

RECIPE FROM: https://www.myrecipes.com

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