Egyptian cuisine has much in common with the cuisines of Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria,.[19] The early Greek author Pherecrates talked of melted cheese, still made in Greece and called saganaki.[20] In Medieval times fried cheese (جبنة مقلية gebna maqleyya) was a common food in Egypt, cooked in oil and served with bread by street vendors.[12] Fried cheese was eaten by both poor and rich, and was considered a delicacy by some of the Mamluk sultans.[21] Another medieval food in Cairo was bread made of wheat, eggs, spices, fresh milk and fried salty Khaysi cheese.[22]