The foods already spoken of which can be used in place of meat, milk and fish, both belong to the same group of foods as meat itself. The others - those to be discussed in this chapter - are connecting links between the protein group of foods and the other groups. Cheese with its large fat content might readily be called a fat food as well as a protein one, and the legumes or pulses (which are the dried peas, beans, and lentils) have a high percentage of starch, and could belong either to the foods characterized by their starch content or be considered with other vegetables.