> This has come up a couple of times at home. My wife asked me to add
> Rosemary to the butter for the corn, but said it was "to taste". How can it be
> to taste, if it's added even before it's cooked?

Well, for starters, if you don't like rosemary, you don't put any in, and if you really like rosemary, you put a lot in.

But apart from that; recipes like this are written for people that like cooking, by people who assume that you're going to be using the recipe more than once. You'll know next time.

Paul