Plural of haggis, a Scottish dish made from sheep's organs mixed with oatmeal and spices, traditionally cooked in a sheep's stomach.
From Scottish Gaelic 'taigeis' or similar, possibly from Old Norse 'hoggva' meaning 'to chop.' The dish became iconic in Scottish cuisine by the 15th century.
Haggis gets a bad reputation because people focus on the stomach casing, but it's essentially medieval nose-to-tail cooking—completely normal food preparation before refrigeration made us forget how to use every part of an animal.
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