Possible Clues:

• Herring
• Pickled herring on a stick
• Use bread to soak up savoury dish
• List for cleaner joining her ring
• Fish with bread, then sponge
• Pickled herring cleaner's taken with bread
• Bread to soak up juices from the fish
• Pickled herring fillet, served as an appetiser
• Food with bread, followed by sponge
• Bun might initially work for pickled herring