Ham Lo Mein with Shitake and Snow Peas

What to do with leftover ham besides sandwiches, which we had last night with all the party leftovers.  We ahd spent the day putting away Christmas decorations.  This was a great idea from Fine Cooking. Serves 4
The only problem I had was the egg noodles. Fresh or dried there were none called Chinese egg noodles in our area. I ended up using 6 oz. dried egg noodles.
Ingredients:
8 dried shitake mushrooms
¾ # fresh Chinese egg noodles
3T soy sauce, divided
1/2T Asian sesame oil
3 T peanut oil
4 medium scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 T minced fresh ginger
½# leftover roasted ham, cut into thin strips (2C)
6 oz snow peas, trimmed and thinly sliced lengthwise (left mine whole)
1 medium red bell pepper, cored, seeded and thinly sliced
1 T oyster sauce
1 T chile sauce
Directions:
1. Rinse the mushrooms; then soak them in a small bowl in ¾ C boiling hot water until softened ,30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile boil the noodles according to package directions until barely tender. Drain, toss with 1T of soy sauce and the sesame oil and spread on a baking sheet.
3. When the mushrooms are soft, pluck them from the water and squeeze them dry. Reserve the water. Trim off the stems and thinly slice the caps.
4. Heat a wok over medium-high heat for a couple of minutes and then swirl in the peanut oil. Add the scallions, garlic, and ginger; stir-fry for 30 seconds.
5. Add the ham, snow peas, bell pepper, and mushrooms. Stir-fry until the bell pepper strips begin to soften, 2 minutes.
6. Mix the remaining soaking liquid with 2 T soy sauce, the oyster sauce, and chile sauce. Add to the pan and cook until the sauce bubbles, about 1 minute.
7. Add the cooked noodles and toss until most of the sauce has been absorbed, less than a minute. Serve immediately.
Obviously in order to accomplish this you have to be in stir-fry mode. Have the scallions, garlic and ginger ready and together. Cut your ham, pepper, snow peas, and mushrooms, have together.
We really liked this meal. Jim finished it all and said the hotness was just on the verge of what he could handle. We had beer with it. Beer was perfect.