[Sca-cooks] steins and dolmans?

[Terry Decker]

> Oh! I had thought the lids were a post-period affectation or tourist-
> thing. So is that the difference between a "tankard" and a "stein"?
>
> Stefan
>
> To my understanding (and it may be wrong) stein is German and tankard is
> English.
> De

Stein is German and refers in the specific to stoneware mugs.  Tankard is 
English deriving from Middle Dutch and specifically refers to an open 
mouthed wooden vessel bound with hoops, large sizes being used to transport 
liquids, small sizes being used for drinking.  Both words have become 
generalized in usage to refer to large mugs of almost any material general 
used for imbibing beer.

Bear