In Latin, the middle finger was the digitus impudicus, meaning the shameless, indecent or offensive finger. In the 1st century AD, Persius had superstitious female relatives concoct a charm with the infamous finger (digitus infamis) and purifying spit; while in the Satyricon, an old woman uses dust, spit and her middle finger to mark the forehead before casting a spell.
Confidence votes 8. Hispanics (like me) eat most of the foods that dumb Americans eat, like cheeseburger's, meat, vegetables, and stuff like that. We have one exception though.... when we're not eating out, we like to cook our culture's food.
It is the food eaten most frequently d â¦ uring every day. The Spanish have a very varied and healthy diet. Its called the Mediterranean Diet and consists of lots of vegetables, fruit, fish, chicken, some red meat, pork, salads, legumes,rice, pasta, eggs, dairy produce and bread.We always use olive oil when we cook and for the salads. We also drink wine but not too much and also cava (spanish champagne). A staple food is a food that you consume the most, or is the base of everything you cook. For example in both Japan and China you may say that rice is a staple food.