Lard and vodka?

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Red Deer Rescued from Frozen River in Siberia

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Published on Nov 21, 2018

A red deer was rescued from a frozen river in Siberia, after local hunters spotted the creature struggling in the ice cold water.

Footage shows a red deer floating in the frozen river Barguzin near Ulan-Ude, east Siberia, Russia. Four men worked together to cut a path out for the deer and pull him out of the river in an effort that took more than four hours.

The filmer Aleksej Baluev, can be heard saying: "We need to get it away from the cold."

The rescue team then immediately started rubbing the deer to try and restore circulation in the freezing animal, before warming it by a fire. Eventually it was decided that the deer should be taken into town to dry and recuperate.

In a local garage, the animal was fed a piece of lard and 150 grams of vodka, "to warm it up from the inside," according to Baluev.

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[empedocles]

1. According to my uncle lard and vodka [and rough bread] kept the Red Army going in WWII

He was a staffer to a command group. At some point US and Red Armies met as friendlies. The US troops had their umpleasant K rations, which the Russians liked. US troops didn't like the Red dining which consisted of a bread line, with a barrel of lard at the end, in which the bread got dipped. No alcohol [or women] were served.

[cyclonefence]

2. Lard and vodka?

Two essential ingredients in my wonderful flaky pie crust!

[diva77]

3. new bar drink?

a trumputini?

[dweller]

4. new band name?

hit song

Too Drunk to Fry

😜

[lillypaddle]

5. Well,

bless them for saving this creature's life.

[whistler162]

6. Thought this was a remembrance of

Boris Yeltsin!