Whisky, say, taken before good savoury item (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
scotch egg
'savoury item' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'whisky say taken before good' is the wordplay.
'whisky' becomes 'scotch' (Scotch is an example).
'say' becomes 'eg'.
'taken before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'scotch'+'eg'+'g'='SCOTCH EGG'
(Other definitions for scotch egg that I've seen before include "One cased in sausage meat" , "Snack made largely of sausage meat" , "Hard-boiled item in sausage meat" , "Savoury rolled food item" , "Picnic food" .)