Prof Rick Trainor, vice-chancellor of King's College London and president of Universities UK, said they had been given a roasting by the committee and that universities and Hefce should act together against a "sustained campaign of scepticism" by MPs and others.
I would never have believed it until I was given a dish of beetroot roasted on coffee beans.
Although its stir-fried beef didn't come medium rare as ordered, the pot-roast-tender meat was given a boost from its black bean, oyster sauce, mushroom, scallion and ginger accompaniments on a spinach base.
Another fish, a roasted red snapper special, was given an Asian spin by its Chinese fermented black bean sauce and bed of Oriental vegetables Top honors among the meats were won by the fork-tender Tuscan-style pot roast in its tomatoey sauce.
The stations said he had been given a verbal roasting by the ISI chief, General Shuja Pasha.
I eat pretty well on tour, although we often joke that the only way we know what day it is is if we are given a Sunday roast.
Coalition critics could perhaps be forgiven for feasting on the delicious sight of the chancellor, George Osborne, being given a right old roasting over his admission that he cannot remember the last time he bought a pasty in Greggs.
On the other hand, oxide ores and concentrates can be given a controlled reducing roast in order to produce a calcine containing a reduced metal that will dissolve easily in the leaching solution.
The port workers' club on the edge of town has lighted tennis courts, and journalists were given a huge lunch there of spaghetti, roast beef and potatoes, washed down with beer.
At that moment, just as the pot roast popped out, I felt like I had been given a second chance.
