Home     Contact Us    
Main Board Job Seeker's Board Job Wanted Board Resume Bank Company Board Word Help Medquist New MTs Classifieds Offshore Concerns VR/Speech Recognition Tech Help Coding/Medical Billing
Gab Board Politics Comedy Stop Health Issues
ADVERTISEMENT




Serving Over 20,000 US Medical Transcriptionists

Oh my ... you have it rough. I don't think I even know how to cook without onions! sm

Posted By: happy mt on 2005-12-16
In Reply to: Mmmm-sounds so good! I usually use a can of sm - mlstoo

For my meatloaf, I use salsa too, plus hamburger, hot Jimmy Dean sausage, breadcrumbs, & egg.  Heck, this is making me hungry for meatloaf now!  :-)


Complete Discussion Below: marks the location of current message within thread

    The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
    To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu


    Other related messages found in our database

    Would U like onions & pickles with that?

    Vidalia Onions
    One other thing about the salsa recipe. I use vidalia onions, and I don't put them in the food processor. I chop them so they're in a little bigger chunks and you get more sweet onion flavor and crunch.
    When you say slice onions, do you mean like one whole onion?
    x
    It's rough out here sometimes. But just because you sm
    left a lot of blanks in one report doesn't mean you don't have a chance at a job.  The company may have tiers they are testing for, or may be checking to see if you would guess.  Keep plugging, and something will turn up.  Experienced workers are always needed.  You'll find your place.  Best of luck to you.  (PS:  Treat yourself to something inexpensive but nice; you deserve it and it will keep your spirits up.)
    I hate to say it, but it's rough. sm

    My niece graduated from MT school early, top of her class, high honors. She thought she was all set, but couldn't find anything.  No one would hire her without experience.  She's still looking and I think she found a small account somewhere with an outrageous pay rate of around 5 cents a line.


    It's unfortunate that these schools make it look like it's so easy.


    I'm not saying don't go for it if that's what you want to do, but it sometimes takes years before you start making any money.


    Good luck


    Rough estimate.
    I work approximately 5-6 hours a day five days a week and then at least 2 hours on Sundays. I can expect to bring in anywhere from 600-800 dollars every two weeks. There are so many variables to take in to this though. How fast you type, how much you make per line (7.40 for me). Good luck! This is not an easy job to get into, so just make sure it is really what you want to do...If you have any questions please feel free to email me.
    It's rough. I have a niece who's having trouble. sm

    The sad part about being a newbie is all the hype the MT schools throw at you about "You can work at home!  You can make $40,000 a year!, blah, blah, blah!"


    I have a niece going through the same thing.  She paid for school, graduated with top honors and couldn't find a thing for months.


    What a lot of the MT schools don't tell you is about the real world. The big companies are looking for turnaround time and making money. "Newbies" (and by the way I hate that word) are a risk. 


    I just started working at home after 15 years in the medical field, but had to start  as a receptionist after spending 8 years as a legal secretary/paralegal. It didn't take long for the docs to realize that I could spell and I could type and I offered to try and type their reports. With a lot of help from the docs I found I loved doing MT. I took on a part-time MT at home job at nights 1 1/2 years ago for a local person, took a medical terminology class and then took the "plunge."


    So anyway, (sorry to go on so long), my advice to you is to try to find something locally, if you can, even just signing patients in at a local hospital part time and offer your MT knowledge and typing ability to human resources.  Once you have even 6 months of experience, I'm sure you will be taken more seriously.


    My niece did eventually find part time work and is working at home, but she's getting paid 5 cents a line.


    Best of luck to you.


     


    Thanks, it has been a rough 2005 for many reasons - sm
    but Jen is doing well now. Her hair grew back quick (3 different colors currently, quite interesting), looks like a little elf now and everyone thinks she is so cute (those that don't think she is a boy, get that a lot now since her hair is so short). Almost 10 months cancer-free so far and things look very good for her. She looks so different and healthy now that she is done chemo. Her 6th birthday present will probably be being told her Port-A-Cath is coming out--Dr. appt. day before her birthday, due to come out a year or so after the initial surgery. But I am so thrilled that she was eligible for a wish. She got exactly what she wanted and it was a trip of a lifetime I don't think any of us will ever forget. I am very grateful to everyone who contributes to Make-A-Wish, it is really amazing what they do for sick kids and their families. I hope everyone here had a good 2006!
    Did you watch the CMT thing on her..she really had it rough and made it
    d
    Yeah, it would be rough cancelling your cable
    this time of year. Just think, then you would be stuck with only the networks to watch if you put in some rabbit ears. Not fun. I did that once last year. It gave me a good excuse to read more, but eventually I got sick of having nothing to watch and got satellite.
    For saurkraut lovers, put apples, onions and pork chops in crock pot.
    Wonderful meal. Some fresh rye bread with butter. Yummie.
    hamburger steak with onions, sliced tomatoes, mashed spuds. NM
    x
    Grilled beef fajitas with yellow, green, and peppers, red onions,

    And it's rough work dangit. First job, large hospital,
    drives me nuts sometimes. Sorry, just felt like throwing that out there! ;)
    Can y'all give me a rough estimate on how many lines per hour you can do with SR...sm
    speech recognition? I crunched some numbers today, and I can only do 300 per hour. I think I might tapped out. Is that good, average, bad? I don't have anything to compare it to, so not sure where I stack up. Any info would be great. Thanks guys!
    Anything I don't have to cook! (nm)
    x
    Maybe some sausage and peppers on hard rolls, but brown all the peppers, onions, and sausages
    s
    Don't worry about it. I used to cook like that, too.
    I'd be so tired from working all the time that it was Hamburger Helper, fish sticks, or chicken nuggets. Our grocery bill used to be cheap, too. Hubby and I trade off cooking now. Honestly, we're trying to eat healthier to lose weight. It's a "hobby" that has helped bring us together more in our marriage. We find new recipes on the Internet all the time. Gotta have variety somewhere.... LOL
    I love to cook but
    it isn't a lot of fun cooking for just 2.  We eat out a lot and more and more places are offering carry out, such as Applebee's.  Also check out your meat counter at the grocery.  They have more and more stuff already prepared so all you have to do is heat it up.  Like get a meat loaf, some already prepared mashed 'taters, open a can of green beans or whatever and have some already prepared salad and presto, you have a "home cooked" meal.  Well, maybe not exactly home cooked but as good as most restaurant food and a lot cheaper.  We also like hamburger and tuna helpers.  shhhhh don't tell my grown up kids that.
    Whatever DH decides to cook here.
    x
    You have time to cook?
    Not me. I work full time and have two small kids at home all day so it is impossible.  I wish I had time to cook though.  I just stock my freezer with frozen foods, and on some days my DH will pick up something on his way home from work.
    What else do you like to cook in your crockpot?
    I love a roast in the crockpot but what else is really good?
    Dairy is the best, but I'm not a cook, so
    I'm not sure if sour cream or plain yogurt would work in a soup. Another idea would be to sweeten it. You could experiment with small bowls of it. If it were too salty, it would be potatoes that would help.
    My kinda cook! I can sure relate! nm
    nm
    I find that if I don't buy things to cook with...
    nm
    Going to be hot in the South. Too hot to cook. We're having

    nm


    Does anyone eat out a lot. I don't like to cook but am bored with the same old fast food.

    Got any places not too expensive where I can get food to go.  To go is the key.  Bored with McDonalds, Wendys, Burger King, delivery pizza.  (Boston Market?)


     Thanks.


    Hi Memaw- you know, it's not as hard to cook for a veggie as you might think, unless
    she is particularly fussy. There are so many good vegetarian cookbooks that any creative vegetable side dish could be made into a mean main dish for a vegetarian.
    I cook mine low - about 225 or 250, for about 10 minutes per pound
    x
    Next time cook it in the oven wrapped in foil. sm

    This recipe is from pre-crockpot era.


    Double wrap the roast in foil.  Poke holes in the foil with a fork and put the roast with the poked holes side down on the broiler pan.  Bake at 350 according to the size of the roast per pound.  Very yummy and very easy. Pan drippings make the best gravy.


    My husband feels the same way. Fortunately I'm a good cook but sometimes I need to get away from

    have to cook chicken for my BF...the 20-cloves of garlic, is that from Rachel Ray?

    Wait, I think it was from the barefoot contessa show, I saw her do that but not in a crockpot. 


    (We are looking for a place to buy chickens locally as I still believe no animal has to suffer for me, smile!)


    Just because I am lazy, is that recipe already posted here, can I do a search to find it? 


    Thank you everyone!


    No, my turkey is still in my freezer. I refused to cook this year.
    I'm either going to cook it at Christmastime or slap some Cajun sauce on it and BBQ when the 18" of snow melts.
    I'm so not a good cook and read the recipe below regarding briskets. May I ask what exactly is
    x
    It costs approximately $275 a month. I do have family to cook for, but
    that has not been a problem at all. After the first 3 days, I have been fully satisfied on the program, and I am one who has NEVER been able to diet for more than a day or 2. I cook whatever they want which is mostly what I can eat too for my lean and green; beef/chicken/pork/fish and veggies, but I skip the potatoes, bread, and all starchy foods.

    To afford the program, I cut way back on buying junk food and soda. Everyone is eating much healthier around here and neither my family nor me feel in the least deprived.

    All I can really tell you is it is working for me like nothing has in the past and it's been worth every penny.
    I read that, too. I love to cook, too, but I wouldn't want to be a chef or caterer.
    Working mostly evenings and complaining patrons. I don't know. There's this little yuppie deli downtown that I would love to open one very similar to. But would I want to do it everyday? Then again, I like gardening and canning. I could be a farmer and sell organic vegetables. Or I could sell homemade canned foods, but there's so much regulation there and worry about botulism. I also like writing. My true dream is to be a paid and published writer. I don't care about fame or fortune, just enough to be able to work a flexible schedule and support my family. My family says it's a pipe dream that everyone wants but few people get.
    I thought there was one to cook in crockpot. Don't have time to do the stove thing today but than
    :(
    Daughter is vegetarian. I cook a turkey and she hits the side dishes. (sm)
    We do pretty well with this. I just make sure I have some of her favorites so she still feels like she is having a feast.

    I saw a picture someone made of a "turkey" they had formed out of raw veggies. I think the basic form was one of those rounded shaped loaves of bread and the veggies were on toothpicks. the head and some tail feathers were made from construction paper. It seemed like an entertaining idea especially if you had small children around.


    browsing sites, gardening, cook, clean, laundry, SLEEP.

    Cook in equal parts BBQ and grape jelly. Crock pot if time. Yum! nm
     
    And have several grills with volunteers to man them. Piggy takes too long to cook! People will show
    s
    Went to pig roast. Chefs had no idea how to cook pig. Ended up smelling and tasting like garbage.
    :+
    On 2nd thought, if you're NOT a good Italian style cook, make something you ARE good at. Leave th
    s
    Another veg head here, but I cook meat for my men. Just make sure my eats don't have meat broth o
    s
    Cook it real slow at real low heat; simmer, don't boil.
    nm
    What temperature do you normally cook your fish at. I find sometimes that in the oven the fish seems

    to have a lot of or water coming out and it doesnt get done nicely. Not sure what I am doing wrong.