That pretty much sounds like what my grandmother did ! Mom said, that they even pressure canned them more than one....One thing about the lids your mom likely used: up until about 20-30 years ago, the seal portion was a lot thicker than it is now. In those days I reused a lot of lids and never had a failure, but the lids now are a different kettle of fish.
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