Trappist cheese

noun

: a semisoft pale yellow cheese of mild flavor usually made of fresh whole cow's milk

called also Port du Salut, Port Salut

Word History

Etymology

so called from its having originated in the Trappist monastery of Mariastern in Bosnia

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