Tresse cheese
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Tresse cheese, also known as jibneh mshallaleh, is a form of string cheese originating in Syria. It can be eaten plain, or mixed with pastries.
Meshallal cheese on a store shelf (second from left)
Mahleb
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Mahleb or mahlepi is an aromatic spice made from the seeds of a species of cherry, Prunus mahaleb. The cherry stones are cracked to extract the seed kernel, which is about 5 mm in diameter, and soft a
Whole stones; the seeds are inside
Packaged mahleb with English, Armenian and Arabic text