Heating the house was, thankfully, an easy fix. Water heater, not so much BUT it’s all working now.
Wine salt is salt mixed with a wine reduction; take two cups of wine, simmer it down until it gets syrupy, then mix it with a cup of good salt and the spices of your choice. The reducing part took me 35-40 minutes, and I did a white wine salt with fresh thyme and lemon zest and a red wine salt with garlic, sage, and oregano. Both pretty tasty. I bought some lamb chops today and am going to try them with the red wine salt.
I had never heard of that! The white wine with thyme and lemon sounds like it might be good with fish.