Never forget junior high math.

The family that I'm staying with here in Spain is absolutely wonderful, and they always ask me if there's anything I want or need, etc.  One day, I told them about how much I love peanut butter and how popular it is in the US.  As we continued talking, I told them about some other things that are popular in the US, including brownies.  Now, Carmela, the mom, loves chocolate, so she liked the idea of brownies.  So, later that week we went to El Corte Ingles which has everything, and we bought a jar of peanut butter and a brownie mix.  Carmela tried the peanut butter and of course loved it, and we planned to make the brownies the next day.  So, we started making the brownies.  I noticed that the directions were a little bit different than the mixes I had used in the US:  3 eggs instead of 2, butter instead of oil, and the measurements were in milliliters, not cups.  I thought they might turn out a little bit differently, but essentially be the same, and definitely still delicious.  So we measured everything and started mixing it up.  We measured the water in a little pot Carmela had, it called for 50 mL and I didn't really know how much that was, but she measured it and I trusted her since she's always used that measuring system.  After all the ingredients were added, I proceeded to stir it up, but it seemed really runny compared to what I was  used to, but I just figured it was a little bit different in Spain.  However, this brownie mix came with a little cardboard pan to bake the brownies in, and as we started to bake it, we realized the batter wasn't going to fit in the pan, so I mentioned that it seemed like a lot of water to me.  Carmela thought about it, and it turned out she had measured 500 mL of water instead of 50 mL. We decided to go ahead and bake it to see what would happen.  When we finally took it out, it was as though we had added gelatin to it...it was so gross.  But Fernando and Carmela both kind of liked it, and didn't really understand why I didn't. They finally did understand when I found a recipe online for brownies and made them.  After they tried that, they couldn't get enough.  As soon as we finished one pan, they had me make another! We had to concentrate a lot on the measurements this time, but they've turned out great....and let's be honest, who doesn't like brownies?