"Right, guess not," Dairine said promptly upon her roommate's noise of confusion. "There's a nut that comes from South and Central America. When you get a whole bunch of them, you roast them all together and mash them up. Then you have this light brown paste. It can be pretty salty, but most people like to have at least a little bit of sugar in it. It's really good with chocolate."

Okay, so she wasn't going to get her own show on the Food Network that explained the intricacies of peanut butter, but it was a good enough rudimentary explanation. And, as much as she hated to admit it, talking about candy helped distract her from the impending night and the terrors she'd heard lurked within. If she was going to ask, she had to ask now.

"So...you have any plans for tonight?" Dairine asked, folding her arms and trying to sound casual.