Berardius was eaten from old times in the areas where the whales of this type were hunt, for example, in the coast of the Pacific ocean in the Boso peninsular of Chiba Prefecture, and cooking methods for the taste specific to these whales were invented (for example, processed (dried) whale meat called "kujira no tare").
ツチクジラは、現在の千葉県房総半島太平洋岸のように、該当種の捕鯨が行われてきた地域では古くから食べられ、特有のクセに応じた調理法も工夫されてきた（鯨肉の干物の「鯨のたれ」と呼ばれる加工品など）。