It's possible that it's something about my tastebuds bacause I really can't relate to people saying meat tastes good. For me salt tastes good, pepper tastes good, rosmary tastes good. Without them meat is as appealing as anything vultures dine on.
And even in well prepared meat the first bite is something I need to suffer through before I can start enjoying the meal.
To me it tastes exactly what it is. A piece of animal that died. And I have no moral qualms. It just tastes bad to me.
Most things we eat are chosen because they taste good in combination with other things, and better than the sum of the individual ingredients eaten separately. Eating a stick of butter probably isn't appetizing, but neither would your examples of eating pure salt or unprocessed pepper unless you have particularly odd tastes.
I might be weird because I love salt. I snack on it. And butter by itself is not appetizing however melted butter with just salt is delicious. As for pepper and other seasonings you are right. They don't taste good by themselves.
Many foods are delicious by themselves. Fruits, nuts, vegetables, legumes. Some cooked unsalted, some raw.
And in case of those, taste can be acquired. For example unsalted rice at first tastes bad, but when I ate it few times when I was hungry I started liking it.
And even in well prepared meat the first bite is something I need to suffer through before I can start enjoying the meal.
To me it tastes exactly what it is. A piece of animal that died. And I have no moral qualms. It just tastes bad to me.