John and Roger, right, they should have some of the 'crunch' left. Water removes the flavor as well as much of the mineral and vitamin content.

My wife has a sister who visited a while back. She took the broccoli, and to help out with dinner insisted on boiling it to mushiness in a pot of water. Needless to say, nearly all was left after dinner. I threw it out in the lane, thinking that the hares might eat it (common here, having become citified as the subdivisions spread)- it stayed uneaten until it rotted. I think rejected even by insects.