Mish may be similar to cheese that has been found in the tomb of the First Dynasty Pharaoh Hor-Aha at Saqqara, from 3200 BC.

Products similar to Mish are made commercially from different types of Egyptian cheese such as Domiati or Ras, with different ages.

The jar is then filled with a pickling solution of buttermilk, sour skim milk, whey, red and green peppers.

[2] The container may be opened so that some can be removed for consumption, and fresh cheese and other ingredients added, so there is no particular limit to the age of mish.

[6] The maggots comes from flies laying eggs on the cottage cheese that is left to drain on a straw mat, by the farmer in the open air.