I cook a little bit of everything in my slow cooker. Some recipes you can try would include roast, stews, chilies, Cornish hens, cobblers, meatballs, and sauces.
because nobody wants raw food and to take the germs out. Probably our ancestors (probably even hundreds of thousands of years before modern man) discovered by accident that certain foods (e.g. meat...
I can't give an exact answer as I'm researching it myself but i know it has to do with friction between moecules as they heat. hope this helps and i hope someone can expand on this.
I would try a food blog for this type of question , here is one I go to most days for older recipes and cookbook info and humor. Good luck~ http://cookbooklove.blogspot.com/