Port Salut (kutchulidwa kuti PORE-sah-Loo) ndi tchizi lofewa kwambiri, lopangidwa ndi French lomwe limakhala losavuta. Anthu amakonda Port Salut, koma ambiri omwe amapezeka pamsika amapeza kuti siwothandiza. Si tchizi zomwe zimayambitsa ndakatulo, koma Port Salut ndi tchizi chokoma kwambiri chomwe chimagulitsidwa m'masitolo a tchizi ndi malo a mkaka m'masitolo ambiri.
Inde, tikukamba za mawotchi amakono a Port Salut omwe amapangidwa ndi makampani akuluakulu a mkaka.
Kuwala-lalanje kumathamanga pa mawilowa kumapangidwa kuchokera ku gawo lochepa la sera kapena pulasitiki, osati chifukwa cha kusamba kwa Port Salut mu brine.
Poyambira, kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1800, Port Salut anapangidwa ndi amonke a Trappist omwe adatcha tchizi pambuyo pa abbey ku Brittany. Mofanana ndi tchizi zambiri za amonke, amonkewa adapanga Port Salut kuti adzidyetse okha komanso alendo awo. Pamapeto pake, amonkewo anayamba kugulitsa tchizi. Pambuyo lawo la Port Salut anali ndi rind yatsuka mu brine. Nyerere yotsukidwayi inapatsa tchizi kukoma kokwanira ndi ntchentche ya mtundu wa lalanje.
Amonkewa anagulitsa ndi kugulitsa Port Salut mpaka zaka za m'ma 1950, pamene mayendedwe ndi dzina la malonda anagulitsidwa ku kampani yayikulu ya mkaka. Masiku ano, mawonekedwe opangidwa ndi misala omwe ali a mtundu wa lalanje (kapena yokutidwa ndi sera ya lalanje kapena pulasitiki) alibe zakudya ndi fungo labwino lomwe linapangidwa ku Port Salut.
Ndipo kotero kuti matembenuzidwe ambiri a Port Salut amagulitsidwa lero ali ndi ubweya wofatsa ndi wochepa pang'ono, wofanana ndi Monterey Jack wopangidwa ndi America.
Maonekedwewa ndi ofanana ndi ofewa ndi rubbery. Kawirikawiri Port Salut amatumizidwa ndi zipatso ndi zophika. Chifukwa chakuti ndi otchipa kwambiri kuposa nsomba zambiri zamalonda, Port Salut nthawi zambiri amagwiritsidwa ntchito monga chodzaza pa mbale ya tchizi, nthawi zambiri amadulidwa mu cubes.
Pali mabichi awiri a ku Ulaya omwe ali ofanana kwambiri ndi Port Salut; Saint Paulin, omwe amawoneka kuti ndi othamangitsidwa ku Port Salut, ndi Esrom, Baibulo la Denmark la Port Salut.
Saint Paulin ndi ofanana kwambiri mu zokoma ndi maonekedwe kwa Port Salut. Esrom ndi kachilombo kamene kamakhala kofewa, kamene kamasungunuka bwino, koma kamakhala kowonjezera pang'ono. Amagulitsidwa kumasitolo a tchizi m'magulu akuluakulu ozungulira omwe atakulungidwa mu zojambulazo. Pansi pa zojambulazo, nyerere ya lalanje yomwe yasambitsidwa mu brine imapatsa tchizi kukhala wodzaza, koma osati obirira kwambiri, okoma. Danish Port Salut ili ndi mabowo ang'onoang'ono.
French Port Salut angapezeke m'masitolo ambiri a tchizi ndi malo ambiri ogulitsa zakudya. Kapena, mungayese kupanga Port Salut yanu panyumba, pogwiritsira ntchito Chinsinsi cha chikuto cha Port Salut.