Mekabu seaweed is sometimes eaten in combination with other viscous foodstuffs such as natto (fermented soybeans), nagaimo (Dioscorea opposite), okra or eggs and, in addition, is occasionally cooked according to recipes developed for those foodstuffs.
同じく粘りのある納豆やナガイモ、オクラ、鶏卵などの食材と合わせることや、調理法が応用されることもある。