Credit: Simply Recipes / Coco Morante Why Make This These British-style baked potatoes feature delicious fluffy insides and crispy skin. The potatoes are baked unwrapped for extra-crispy skins that never go soggy. Jacket potatoes, also known as baked potatoes, have been a popular staple of British cuisine for centuries. Potatoes have long been widely available and inexpensive, and they make the basis for an easy, filling, and delicious meal.