I suspect that a lot of our tolerance of this stuff in prehistory stems from a combination of: - spices and seasoning was a lot less common and meat was gamey,

I suspect that a lot of our tolerance of this stuff in prehistory stems from a combination of: - spices and seasoning was a lot less common and meat was gamey, not the well-fattened meats we're used to. So this stuff already tasted bland and not amazing as a baseline - it was preferable to starving, and hunger is the best spice of them all